Category: Massachusetts

This past spring, ASM introduced our Build the Future Awards with a simple goal: to recognize graduating vocational students who are choosing careers in the construction trades, and to let them know the industry is ready to welcome them.

What trends or changes are having the greatest impact on your sector of commercial real estate this fall, and how are they shaping your business? There is continued demand for outpatient healthcare and human services environments, including primary care, behavioral health, rehabilitation, and specialized therapy. Providers are increasingly focused on spaces that support efficient operations while creating a welcoming and comfortable experience for patients and staff.

As Boston enters the fall housing season, the market finds itself at an important crossroads. After several years of rapid appreciation, limited inventory, and elevated borrowing costs, homeowners, buyers, developers, and real estate professionals are asking a familiar question: How do we navigate a market defined by both opportunity and uncertainty?

Chestnut Hill, MA The RealReal, the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated luxury resale, celebrated the opening of its first Massachusetts store at The Street Chestnut Hill on October 15. Located at 27 Boylston St., Suite 205

Boston, MA South Station Tower, owned and developed by Hines, has celebrated the opening of The Moseley, Proper Fare, and a signature bar & lounge, marking hospitality group Episcope Hospitality’s debut to the city.

Surprise, surprise! Malls are back — and they are quite different from the malls we knew, with decayed department-store anchors, food courts and rows of chain stores that made them all look alike.

Hanover, MA Rockland Trust has promoted Patrice Pimental and Leah Rogers-Curto to senior vice president, retail market managers. In these expanded leadership roles, Pimental will oversee retail banking operations across the South Shore, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Greater Boston, while Rogers-Curto will lead branches throughout the North Shore, Merrimack Valley, and Southern New Hampshire.

Auburn, MA NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs has completed the sale of the 10,268 s/f retail property located at 773 Southbridge St.. The property sold for $725,000.

Lynnfield, MA Rivian, the American automotive and technology company, is now open at MarketStreet, bringing its interactive retail and community-focused showroom experience to Boston’s North Shore.

Portland, ME DeStefano & Associates, Inc. (DAI) has started construction on a new Aroma Joe’s at 1 Exchange St. in Portland, ME, and completed construction of two additional projects in Maine:

Millbury, MA The Shops at Blackstone Valley have four new brands opening in 2027 — Caffè Nero, Topcoat Nail Bar & Spa, Lovesac, and First Watch — continuing the momentum at the premier open-air shopping destination.

Chestnut Hill, MA The Shops at Chestnut Hill, the premier shopping and dining destination serving the Greater Boston area, is welcoming three new additions this fall including Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier, global lifestyle retailer Muji, and award-winning mattress company Casper.