Spotlights

Qualify your investment (second home) property as an IRC Section 1031 exchange

We are consulted daily about how to make a vacation property qualify as an Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 Exchange. This is a trou...

Maine commercial real estate market is well balanced to weather the brewing storm

It would serve the U.S. commercial real estate market well, if not the national economy, if the old political adage "As Maine goes, so goes ...

2008 looks bright for users, developers & investors in the Mass Pike and I-495 industrial market

Industrial properties along the Mass Pike & I-495 corridor are posting strong numbers for both sales and lease transactions. Locally, the Ma...

2008 - hotel investment forecast stability returns to the markets

Good deals that make fundamental sense are getting done and will continue to be completed in 2008. Hotel transactions based on low equity, o...

While new credit may be difficult to find, existing loans are being offered at reasonable discounts

While this article is supposed to be about the outlook for the 2008 real estate industry, the savvy reader will be struck by how much space ...

2007 design-build market activity met expectations; planning and proposals active in Q1 2008

2007 market activity for design/build, build-to-suit projects met expectations based upon predictions early last year in this annual forecas...

Most are cautiously optimistic about moderate growth or a short and mild recession or vice versa

Marginal job growth continues and relatively full employment persists. Nevertheless, economists have raised the probability of recession fr...

Interiors market primed for steady growth and new opportunities throughout 2008

In its first year, Suffolk Interiors has grown beyond expectations. The success of our team is in part due to our ability to provide first c...

Strong employment growth to fuel Connecticut's multifamily market in 2008

The apartment sector in Fairfield and New Haven counties will continue to record low vacancy and steady rent growth in 2008, helping to attr...

The vibrant New Haven, Conn. economy, with growth in businesses of all types, continues to grow

As the late Speaker of the US House, Tip O'Neil said many times "All politics is local". So it is with commercial real estate. While there...