Spotlights

Street-Works Development and The Beal Cos. to redevelop 20-acres of downtown Quincy

Street-Works Development, LLC and The Beal Companies, two leaders in real estate development, and the city's mayor Thomas Koch are joining f...

A reset in ownership will present an opportunity for structured finance and cash flush buyers

The Mortgage Bankers Association of America finished its annual commercial real estate finance conference. The conference was filled with op...

Know your market and hire a professional when valuing a unique property like golf

I recently spoke at the New England Expo on the golf industry, a property type I've studied for the past 20 years. In my preparation for tha...

2012 outlook for Worcester County is improving and continues to be a tenant/buyer market

Glickman Kovago & Company prides itself on being Worcester County's only full service brokerage firm. Each member of the brokerage team offe...

Newtown, Conn.'s 40 acre Fairfield Hills Campus is the focus of activity this spring

The town-owned Fairfield Hills Campus is Newtown's premiere property that will be the focus of activity this spring. The main campus area, l...

New commissioner, new name and a new vision for Connecticut's cleanup program

Last year I wrote about the 25th anniversary of the Conn. Transfer Act, the notorious Environmental Statute routinely blamed on urban decay ...

Connecticut's primary and single-tenant retail markets continue to improve

Although fundamentals in some secondary and tertiary markets in Connecticut face challenges, the primary market areas of the state's retail ...

Positive signs that this spring will see a recovery: As business increases, be prepared and act smart

So it is 2012... We in the real estate industry have been looking forward to each spring for the last couple years and hoping all the pieces...

The future of union employment in the construction industry

A century ago virtually all non-residential construction was performed by union labor. Since then, union employment within the construction ...

Auctions represent a terrific buying opportunity, you need to be in it to win it!

Auctions continue to flourish throughout New England. As the real estate market remains stagnant, lenders continue to foreclose, municipalit...