Spotlights

With all this activity in multiple segments it is looking like a busy-summer ahead

The building industry is booming in Boston, seems everyone from the large contractors to the small tradesman has work. It is a mini-boom at ...

Negotiating and drafting commercial loan documents in the current lending environment

I have very intelligent developer clients. My clients have, over the years, pointed out to me important points to negotiate involving commer...

Greater Springfield's industrial and office markets show positive signs of recovering marketplace

Greater Springfield's office and industrial markets continue to experience increased interest and activity with positive signs of a recoveri...

Why use a commercial mortgage broker? To help maximize your loan dollars

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

Summer slammer: Despite complexities, there is a recipe for success predicated on basic fundamentals

Among construction industry professionals there is a challenging project type that can make any seasoned veteran cringe: the dreaded "summer...

Big data, or big algorithm: Don't miss this move or you will be left far behind (part 1)

Petabytes, zettabyte, quintillionbytes, are all words you probably haven't heard of, or at least I have not. FYI, two zettabytes can contai...

Connect, create and construct: Design build and single-source philosophy

In an industry wary of change, embracing innovation and creating systems that minimize client risk, foster collaboration and partnership, an...

Life sciences corridor collaboration will strengthen Quincy and the region

The city of Quincy, located seven miles south of Boston is well positioned to further strengthen and diversify its economic future through a...

The newer and bigger big-box buildings: Warehouse/distribution centers

Remember the 1980s big boxes started to pop up all over. Walmart discovered New England, along with K-Mart, Home Depot, BJ's, Costco and sev...

Mortgage banker in the middle - Why pay the middleman, the mortgage banker?

A favorite hotel client (call him "Mr. Big") was refinancing a trophy property I financed years earlier that was now maturing. (We had done ...