Spotlights

DPM to manage Acme Packet's headquarters project

Diversified Project Management, Inc. (DPM) has been retained by Acme Packet to provide comprehensive project management services for its new...

Kumnick of Colliers Dow & Condon and Duffy of Cushman & Wakefield broker 143,000 s/f renewal

ITT Power Systems renewed its lease at 11 Interstate Dr. with Portfolio Real Estate. ITT Power Systems fully occupies the 143,000 s/f multi-...

Don't let toxic mold darken your doorstep

Toxic mold has become the "headache du jour" for property owners and managers, just as lead paint and asbestos were in their day. Toxic mold...

Trends in high-rise building security: Electronic turnstiles & web-based integrated entry systems

Increased security levels in the post-9/11 world have mandated that high-rise and large structure building owners and managers address evalu...

Loan servicers and lenders are under increasing pressure to modify loans that are in danger

With increasing demand from borrowers and the public and the implementation of the Obama Administration's Home Affordable Modification Progr...

Investors should keep an eye out for properties they can purchase below last year's high prices

Vermont appears to be nearing the bottom of this recession and on its way back to recovery, but the effects will continue to be felt for qui...

National Association of Realtors lists Boston apartment vacancy rate as one of the lowest in country

As the economy continues to mend itself in 2010, so the commercial real estate market will follow. Although, most economists agree that the ...

Price is the number one reason properties do not sell whether we are in a boom or bust market

Over the last several months we have begun to see an upward trend in pricing on quality garden style buildings built after 1960. Recent sale...

New Hampshire's recovery is seeded in good old fashioned Yankee ingenuity

The New Hampshire "Advantage" is slightly tarnished as we proceed into 2010. Unemployment has doubled in the last 36 month period and the no...

It seems fashionable to be negative in today's market but there is a glimmer of positive news

As we start 2010, the Boston suburban office market of 84.6 million s/f has escalated to a combined availability rate of 23.1%. As the econo...