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What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? 2026 has been a water-shed experience. Since Covid-19, 2020, the food and beverage industry was slowly recovering, albeit in a limited sense. People are getting out of the house, socializing, and reconnecting at a favorite food emporium. However, over those past few years, the cost of operating has exploded.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? Recently, our firm has been busy being a client ourselves. For 15 years, we have worked with property owners, developers, institutions, and businesses providing brokerage, appraisal, and advisory services across Rhode Island & Southern Massachusetts.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been largely focused on improving and reinvesting in our buildings. We’ve undertaken a number of upgrades to our common areas, amenities, and infrastructure, all aimed at enhancing the tenant experience with Saunders Real Estate and keeping our properties well-positioned in the market.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? MG Commercial has remained active throughout the first two quarters of 2026, with strong leasing and sales activity across the industrial, office, and retail sectors.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has kept us busy on both sides of the table, representing tenants and landlords across Rhode Island’s industrial, retail, and flex markets.

 What challenges or opportunities have had the biggest impact on your business during the first half of 2026? The multifamily market continues to represent a significant portion of our work, creating strong opportunities for growth and long-term partnerships.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? We have been seeing a mixture of project types from both existing and new clients that need our help moving a design idea forward. Unlike in 2025, when we saw more conservative approaches and overall budget constraints, teams are now showing a greater willingness to invest their capital.

What challenges or opportunities have had the biggest impact on your business during the first half of 2026? We’ve seen more opportunities than challenges in the first half of 2026. While there have been some challenges (for example, a major university project was recently cancelled at a school that has been targeted by the Trump administration),

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been defined by our acquisition and repositioning of Bedford Woods, a 330,000 s/f, two-building office and R&D campus at 174–176 Middlesex Turnpike in Bedford, Massachusetts.

As we look ahead to the second half of the year, what are you watching most closely? As we look toward the second half of the year, we’re paying close attention to the factors that influence project feasibility and development timelines. Utility capacity, entitlement processes, and infrastructure availability continue to shape where and how projects move forward across New England.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been active across all of our business lines. On the leasing front, we brought our Forbes 220R Business Center in Braintree to full occupancy, appointed Hunneman as exclusive leasing agent for the 200,000 s/f Connector Park at the Lowell Business Hub,

What challenges or opportunities have had the biggest impact on your business during the first half of 2026? Economic uncertainty has been extremely challenging for many clients, particularly in the retail and hospitality sectors. Clients are faced with rising operating costs including labor, materials and other expenses, higher interest rates, and more conservative lending practices.