Spotlights

Macmillan and Son negotiates 31,500 s/f sale to My3Sons, LLC

My3Sons, LLC, a division of Newman Properties of Brookline, purchased a 31,500 s/f building on Main St. from 1645 Main Street Realty Trust. ...

Who is responsible for the reduction in coverage of property insurance policies being marketed?

Over the past two decades, policyholders have seen the once broad coverage under their "all risk" property policies systematically reduced a...

New England Hotel Realty and its Lodging Econometrics researches Hotel Const. Pipeline

Nationally, the lodging construction pipeline reached a record level and, likely, its cyclical peak. In its fourth quarter 2007 report to t...

Springfield's industrial market remains stable with low vacancy and consistent rental rates

With the start of 2008 greater Springfield's industrial market place remains relatively stable with continued low vacancy rates and consiste...

I-495/Mass. Pike office market fundamentals still remain healthy and will remain throughout 2008

The Boston suburban office market has strong fundamentals which will carry through the remainder of 2008. We have experienced 14 consecutive...

Multi family prices are dropping. Today, it is the savvy investor who will start buying again

I am often asked if I can predict trends in the real estate market. My usual response is that if I could predict trends in the market, I wo...

IFMA Boston's winning team earning the Chapter of the Year International Award

What a season this has been! Among Boston's greats, the Boston chapter of IFMA is another winning team, winning the Chapter of the Year In...

Advances in computing power and storage can lead to challenges - Database Int'l. Group can help

Over the past few decades, radical advances in computing power and storage have enabled firms to accumulate greater amounts of data than pre...

Real estate gets green with ENERGY STAR, the government certification for energy efficiency

Energy Star, much like awareness of climate change--the environmental challenge that Energy Star is designed to address--is nearly ubiquitou...

Wentworth Institute of Technology Division of Professional and Continuing Studies teams up with local organizations

Tom is a facility professional in a job which he enjoys. Having grown up in Salem Mass., he decided to make his home and raise his family in...