Spotlights

By Ernest DesRochers - Commercial real estate lending and the human species

The English essayist Charles Lamb once said "The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct r...

By Andrea Scaccianoce - Business centers offer convenient locations, ample amenities and unique services without high costs

Business centers or executive suites are fully furnished offices which are shared by other professionals and companies. Each company has its...

By Saul Feldman - Topics in condominium documents that are often amended by condo trustees and unit owners

Condominium documents are drafted by the attorney for the condominium developer or the attorney for the condominium converter whose main goa...

By Fred Richard and Rocco Quaresima - Analysis of tenant credit quality is critical in valuing income producing property

With the recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor's from AAA to AA+, it reminds us of the importance to make certain a ...

By Sidney Spiegel - Question: Why use a commercial mortgage broker? Answer: To help maximize your loan dollars

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

By Bill Low - Friendly business environment and flexible zoning will help western Mass. start to rebound in 2012

I started this article thinking I'd just leave a blank page. "Intentionally omitted," I laughed, "that sums up the western Massachusetts ind...

By Paul McInnis - Auctions have been proven to be an established method to generate sales in up & down economies

It seems to be the increasingly trending word in the commercial real estate industry: auction. Over the past four years, buyers and sellers,...

By David Doyle and Todd Goldberg - Lessons learned in the commercial real estate brokerage agreement world*

Two people sign a brokerage agreement. The broker agrees to use best efforts to procure tenants. The owner agrees to pay a brokerage commiss...

By David O'Sullivan - Architects need to be a resource for clients on trends, new products, and methods

What is next? The news has been good in Boston if your work involves rental communities. Everyday there is news of another new community, a ...

By Webster Collins - Analyzing the 2011 third quarter office and industrial market bounce

Market bounces are truly rare. They occurred once in the 1980s, once in the late 1990s, and now Q3 2011. Market bounces start at very low po...