Boston Metro Area Business Climate Debated at Summit
Is the glass half-full or half-empty for business growth in the Boston Metro Area? It depends who you talk to! Sentiment was mixed at the recent 2013 Massachusetts Business Climate Summit, sponsored by the Boston Business Journal and State House News Service. At the...
Commercial Real Estate Investors Adapt to “The New Normal”
A new report by Real Estate Research Corp., Deloitte, and the National Association of REALTORS® finds that good things do not always come to those who wait - especially when you're a commercial real estate investor. Instead, commercial property investors must learn...
Apartment Demand in Boston Metro Area Expected to Rise
New development of apartment complexes throughout the Boston Metro Area have caused tenants to hope for softening rent prices in the future. With thousands of residential units expected to become available by 2015, will Boston see a slowdown in rental demand?...
Generation “Y” Trends and Commerical Real Estate in Metro Boston
The future of commerical real estate in Metro Boston and elsewhere in the country will be shaped by how Generation "Y" does business, according to industry analyst Todd Clarke. Clarke recently shared his long-term commercial market projections with the National...
Boston Area Business Resources Enable Commercial Growth
In the discussion of commercial real estate in the Boston area, the question of business failure sometimes comes up. While it's true that some vacancies occur due to business failure, others happen for benign reasons. Occasionally a tenant will seek a new location...
Small Business Opportunties and Boston Metro Commericial Real Estate
Sometimes thinking big means starting small! Small businesses are an important part of Boston's commercial landscape, and they play a big role in our state economy. According to the Small Business Administration, there were 582,623 small businesses operating in...
Boston Metro Commercial Real Estate and the “Fiscal Slope”
Thanks to an 11th-hour tax compromise, Congress avoided across-the-board, automatic tax increases that would have hit taxpayers at all levels. Yet the solution to the fiscal cliff is not complete. Therefore we'll call the unresolved issues a "fiscal slope." Here's how...
Boston Among Top 10 Commercial Markets to Watch During 2013
The Urban Land Institute places Boston at #6 in the top 10 U.S. commercial markets for 2013, per the results of the latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. In case you are unfamiliar with it, Emerging Trends is a respected industry outlook for real estate and...
Could Income Tax Changes Affect Boston Metro Commercial Real Estate?
When I began my blog posts about the fiscal cliff and the possible impacts to Boston commercial real estate, I was truly hoping we would not be edging closer to the cliff with each passing week! But here we are. While the political wrangling continues, let’s take a...
Boston Metro Commercial Real Estate Could See Gains in Federal Budget Deal
In my prior blog post I shared the risks of the fiscal cliff and the potential impact to Boston commercial real estate. This week I will share a few gems within the White House budget proposal that could prove advantageous! According to the Tax Policy Center of the...