Spotlights

The golf industry will remain strong since there is little threat of new construction - by Jeffrey Dugas

The national golf market last peaked around 2000 with a market participation rate of 11.1%, but it was the demand felt during the late 1980s that fueled the building boom experienced in the late 1990s. As indicated by the graph below, in 1990 there were just-under 2,200 golfers per 18-hole golf

The commercial mortgage landscape as winter approaches - by Michael Chase

It may only be the end of October, but for commercial mortgage borrowers and practitioners it might as well already be year-end. With a few rare exceptions, most new loan requests are likely to fund in 2023. Even during a time of rate volatility, many commercial real estate

After 15 years in operation real estate auction firm has seen it all

Sandwich, MA When president and lead auctioneer of Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers, Marianne Sullivan decided the time was right to take what she had learned from her previous years of experience in the real estate auction industry and go out on her own, she had no idea

There are always opportunities if one digs deep enough, is creative and willing to take the risk - by David O'Sullivan

We are in a season of change when it comes to the economy. Job reports are good, inflation is still persistently high, interest rates continue to climb and the stock market goes up and down like a seesaw but mostly down. This is an uncertain fall season. There seems to be no one opinion on where

Reading the tea leaves - by William Pastuszek

Looking at the real estate data and the economic data, there are some issues that need to be examined. It may be time to take a look at where markets are heading. The froth of the post-pandemic days seem to be moving behind us, replaced with a less heady, and more sober reality going forward.

How long should I hold a property for it to qualify as an investment property in connection with a 1031 tax-deferred exchange? - by Brendan Greene and Mark McCue

The continuing strong real estate market in the Greater Boston Area and throughout New England has given investors substantial equity in their properties subjecting them to higher capital gains taxes on the sale of such properties. Consequently, more investors, both U.S. and foreign, are using

Low supply and steady demand is the trend - by Julie Freshman and George Paskalis

Heading into the last quarter of 2022, the industrial market in Rhode Island continues to remain strong with activity on both the leasing and sale sides. On the sale side, there has been greater activity from investors/developers than from owners/users. The Rhode Island market continues to exhibit

Attention class...The word of the day is tepid - by Dennis Serpone

I found it enlightening to focus on the health of the restaurant and hospitality market in New England. To describe its health in one word, most in the know would agree that it is tepid. The Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) reports that the restaurant industry remains about 500,000 employees

South Windsor, CT real estate investor revives 95,000 s/f industrial building in Jaffrey, N.H.

Jaffrey, NH Millipore Sigma, a division of MERCK, is expanding their facilities at Drumlin Industrial Park, 81 Fitzgerald Dr. by 23,000 s/f of warehouse and office space. Millipore Sigma has been a tenant at the property for four years occupying nearly 40,000 s/f. Due to

Project of the Month: Dacon completes 135,000 s/f production facility for Monogram Foods and Paradigm Properties

Haverhill, MA Dacon Corp. has completed construction on a 135,000 s/f facility for Monogram Foods, a leading manufacturer of value-added food products for their new location in Creek Brook Park. Founded in 2004, the Memphis-based Monogram has experienced a 620% sales rate increase