Spotlights

Online retail pressure requires brick and mortar retail to provide better experience and product

It's an exciting and challenging time to be in the retail real estate industry. The brick and mortar retail world is under pressure from onl...

Metro West suburban market: The new normal will offer exciting new opportunities

With a couple of major transactions, such as the TJX purchase and subsequent expansion into the former Fidelity buildings in Marlborough, th...

Limited inventory of quality buildings for sale and all time low interest rates create hot market

Multi-family properties in the Eastern Mass. market have been the hottest commodity in the real estate market the last couple years. Due to ...

New England Women in Real Estate achievement awards dinner and 30th anniversary celebration

New England Women in Real Estate (NEWiRE) has been promoting the advancement of women in the commercial real estate industry for the past th...

After Hurricane Katrina: Metaphor for our country's slow real estate recovery

Recently I had the opportunity to tag along with my wife on one of her organization's trips to review a city's planning and landscape. This ...

New leak detection technology cuts costs, time and guesswork: Electric Vector Mapping

Want a faster, more accurate and less expensive way to test roofing and waterproofing membranes, one that pinpoints leaks directly so they c...

As Bank of America steps back, there is room at the top for local loan originators

A look at origination trends over the past several years shows that even in a declining market, there's one big ship that's taking on a lot ...

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...