Spotlights

Fini Real Estate Group completes $5.75 million sale for 52,076 s/f

Fini Real Estate Group, Inc. has completed the sale of 535 Lowell St., a 52,076 s/f neighborhood retail center anchored by CVS and Santander...

Question of the Month: Reversing the tide: How do residents and businesses appeal FEMA's proposed flood maps?

There is perhaps nothing more fundamental to the fabric of New England's character than its relationship with water; be it the ocean or its ...

Prellwitz Chilinski designs 475,000 s/f MarketStreet Lynnfield

The opening of MarketStreet introduces a town center experience, community green spaces, professional office space and a first phase of 54 n...

Company of the Month: Finard Properties marches forth - A trademark style of doing business

While the news that the residents of Palmer, Mass. had (slimly) voted down Mohegan Sun Casino's proposal for a world-class destination casin...

Retail tales: The e-commerce, brick and mortar connection

These days we are inundated with information on new technology on how to shop better, cheaper, and faster. Shoppers can be amused, entertain...

Condominium within a condominium should be used more often than it has been used in Mass.

A resurgence of condominium activity in the current real estate market together with issues regarding mixed-use condominiums requires all of...

Strong finish to 2013 will lead to continued growth in the coming year

2013 has shown solid growth in several market sectors of the construction industry and we see this growth to continue, and possibly accelera...

Debt ceiling impacts: A concern, but worry more about underlying issues

Okay, you're worried but tired of this whole discussion on the debt ceiling. Hopefully, by the time you read this, this crisis will have pas...

Remembering the basics can be important in economic development

You know the book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?" As the president of a local development corporation in the greater...

Why use the services of a commercial mortgage broker? To get the best deal for the client

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