Spotlights

Positive news in the Rhode Island market brings hope to the community, but challenges still remain

As we move into the second quarter of 2012, the question on everyone's mind seems to be, "are we finally there?" Has the market finally reac...

Rhode Island industrial market: Slow but steady pace through the rest of the first half of 2012

The Rhode Island industrial market, while sluggish at the outset of 2012, has realized an up tic in demand in the second half of the first q...

Rhode Island office market stabilizing: Has experienced an increase over last twelve months

The Rhode Island office market has experienced an increase in activity over the last twelve months and as a result, vacancy rates are beginn...

Rhode Island's retail market continues to move forward with a slow recovery

Rhode Island's retail market continues to move forward with a slow recovery from the country's financial low point at the beginning of 2008....

CRE investors are back to basics with 4 pillars of success: Marketing, cash flow, location and leverage

Somewhere along the path of spirited optimism and cautious enthusiasm, commercial real estate investors are seeking opportunities that will ...

Loans to condo associations are a major change in condo association practice over the last 40 years

Loans to condominium associations are a major change in condominium association practice over the past forty (40) years. When I first began ...

Products made, assembled and packaged in the U.S. will fill buildings and reduce unemployment

One of my favorite economists, Jeff Thredgold of TEA, focused on U.S. manufacturing in his last two weekly newsletters. The loss of manufact...

Commercial real estate refinancing and tax credits figure into the mix

As a regional law firm our business and finance lawyers get to know and work with a variety of clients in many business segments. Most busin...

Why a judge ordered a new 5,000 s/f Mass. seaside house to be torn down

Anyone with plans for a real estate project in Massachusetts will want to learn the lessons of the recent case of Johnson v. Zoning Board of...

Mixed messages provide optimal buying opportunity in real estate

It's always easy to follow a pack. Time and time again the cycles of real estate markets and equity markets move in repeating cycles and man...