Spotlights

Mass. building owners/developers are beginning to see greater returns from solar installations

The rate of commercial solar installations in Massachusetts continues to accelerate, and the state's current solar program should be closed ...

Discharge tracking services as a best practices solution to the consumer for paid mortgage liens

Laws, regulations and contractual duties provide the mortgage servicer and title insurer with the minimum guidelines to comply with the mort...

Springing forward with optimism and new construction in office, retail and industrial markets

Chittenden County is buzzing with new construction as well as refinancing work. With interest rates at a record low, sales and refinancing i...

Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be the hottest commodity

Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be the hottest commodity in the real estate market today. Due to limited inve...

A Q1 2013 snapshot of the New Hampshire industrial market shows continued improvement

The New Hampshire industrial real estate market continues to show marked improvement with recent absorption of well over 1 million s/f of sp...

Locally, we're back to the good old days! Chains expanding and investors seeking sellers

Like politics, trends in the hospitality industry are felt locally. We elect officials locally for national positions. We look at the restau...

The increasing importance of affordable housing for seniors: 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day

Senior housing has experienced some tough times recently, but in some cases things have not been so bad. There has been a lack of constructi...

Builders risk insurance protects developers from groundbreaking to ribbon cutting

In recent months we have seen an uptick in construction related activity throughout the real estate marketplace. Residential, retail and com...

Recent Mass. Supreme Judicial Court decision serves as reminder to commercial landlords

In a recently-issued opinion (275 Washington Street Corp. v. Hudson River International, LLC, et al.), the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court (the...

Greater Portland Economic Development Corp. launches new website: greaterportland.org

The Greater Portland Economic Development Corp. (GPEDC) launched their new website, GreaterPortland.org, last month, providing businesses, d...