Spotlights

Burgess of Burgess Properties brokers two office leases - 38,000 s/f

Burgess Properties Inc. has brokered a 25,000 s/f ten-year office lease at the Clocktower Business Center located at 330 Lynnway in Lynn and...

Employer liability for employee cell phone use while driving

Studies have demonstrated that cell phone use while driving can increase the risk of an accident. Although cell phones have become an essent...

Kumnick and Morizio of Colliers International complete 69,400 s/f lease

Keith Kumnick, SIOR and Nick Morizio, CRE, SIOR of Colliers International have completed a69,400 s/f industrial lease. JSC Wire & Cable has ...

Still postponing your emergency plan? Start now with a plan scaled to your potential needs

There were eighty-one FEMA declared disasters in the US alone in 2010. This does not include earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Indonesia or th...

Looking forward through 2011, the consensus is that most trends are pointing upward in R.I.

When the commercial real estate world crashed after a very strong 2007, it felt like we would not see a turnaround for at least the next fiv...

Boston PILOT Tax initiative: Non-profit institutes shoulder more of the burden of municipal services

In the early years of the Commonwealth's formation, our forefathers declared non-profit institutions exempt from property taxes because they...

As 2010 drew to a close the Greater Springfield marketplace reflected modest improvement

With the start of 2011 and a new year Greater Springfield's industrial marketplace continues to experience the challenges of the past few ye...

The insurance marketplace in 2011: More of the same or major change?

The insurance marketplace has been characterized throughout 2010 as competitive. Buyers with good loss histories have experienced modest red...

Maine's roller coaster: suburban class B office rate drops to 6.73%, downtown class A rose to 11.16%

Last January I wrote with tepid confidence that things seemed to be improving in the Greater Portland office market. 2008 and 2009 were very...

According to NAR, the commercial real estate markets are stabilizing and will see slight uptick

As the economy mended itself in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2010, The commercial real estate market flattened out. 2011 will bring a modestly...