Spotlights

Downtown and suburban office market is stable and showing signs of improvement

The Rhode Island economy continues to have problems more severe than the national market. The state's unemployment rate is still one the hig...

How the newly evolved cyber-mall has changed the way we eat and shop

Never has it been more important to realize the changes happening in the retail industry. The way we buy, what we buy, and the way we pay fo...

Election fosters wait and see approach, but market offers opportunities for tenants and brave investors

In comparing Rhode Island's general outlook from this year to last, you could say that last year was déjà vu and this year is wait and...

With low interest rates, and stabilized building values demand to purchase industrial space is strong

The perception of the Rhode Island industrial real estate market is that there is an unlimited supply of buildings available and therefore i...

Best of class properties are in high demand but the property next door is being passed over

Real estate has always been about location, location, location. As the economy slowly recovers nationally and regionally and Rhode Island la...

A good commercial real estate broker, like a CCIM, can be a key attribute to an investors toolbox

The industrial sector in Southeastern Massachusetts is showing signs of strength, as there have been more spaces leased up and absorbed duri...

2012 commercial real estate market: The economic calm after the storm

There has definitely been a measured recovery in all property types in the Boston market and improvement throughout New England. Vacancy has...

Expiration of current capital gains tax rate would impact property owners' taxes in 2012

With the possible expiration of the current capital gains tax rate and the additional tax included in the health care reform legislation own...

Entrepreneurs age 50+ trend is good news for Northern New England job market/economy

Fall is definitely here. I re-seeded a large portion of our lawn on September 17 (kind of late) but the daily rain, moderately warm days and...

Current and future issues affecting liquidity in the commercial real estate capital markets

It is clear that the New England real estate market, long stagnant, is not improving much in the short term. How about the long term view? A...