Spotlights

All companies should evaluate cyber liability coverage during their next renewal cycle

As we enter the first quarter of 2014, many real estate holding companies are asking their insurance brokers for insight into their insuranc...

A rapidly recovering commercial market in 2014: Boston metro apartment sector leading the way

Two to three years ago there was serious doubt whether the real estate Industry would ever survive the Great Recession that we were all expe...

Occupancy of multi-family properties in Greater Boston has increased dramatically

The number of multi-family sales with 9 units or more decreased from 167 in 2012 to 129 in 2013. Most of the decrease can be attributed to t...

Sustainability offers an opportunity for revenue growth and tenant retention

2014 is underway. It is January here in New England, and it is cold. It has been a hard winter, not so much with snow, but with ice, wind, c...

As in all aspects of business the strong owners survive and the weak are absorbed

As restaurant specialists, we've never seen it so busy. Restaurant chains are expanding everywhere... either through opening company-owned u...

No brick-and-mortar retail category will be insulated from the impact of e-commerce

You can't help but notice, between Thanksgiving and Christmas for the last several years, the divergence between reported internet sales and...

2014 shows continued vitality with new inquiries, proposals and pipeline remains full

Going into 2014, all commercial market sectors are showing increased activity over 2012 and the first half of 2013, whether on the sale or l...

The next 12-18 months likely to be one of the most active periods for owner-occupied sales

"Buy" the Numbers Southeastern Mass. has seen asking rents and asking prices remain relatively flat over the last 18 months. But, what has b...

Can traditional zoned commercial/industrial areas coexist with mixed-use and Chapter 40B projects

Commercial developers and tenants take comfort in knowing that traditional zoning will offer a buffer or other clear division between commer...

Two illegal property tax schemes to avoid in Conn., if you run into either practice contact an attorney

It has come to my attention that at least one city tax collector in Connecticut has a scheme in which taxpayers are being illegally charged ...