Newbury Street Foot Traffic Increased 150% on Car-Free Days Newbury Street, often called “Boston’s Rodeo Drive”, introduced car-free days to draw foot traffic to its businesses this summer. As retail evolves and e-commerce giants give consumers more convenient and affordable alternatives, speculation has risen that Newbury Street faces some challenges. This is far from the […]
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By Cameron Sperance Boston Realty Advisors closed Friday on a $45.5M cash sale to The Hamilton Co. for the 126-unit Woodland Park apartment complex in Newton. The seller, Chatham Development, had owned the property since it was built in 1965. Jason Weissman, Nick Herz and Kevin Benzinger of Boston Realty Advisors led the sales and marketing […]
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By Tim Logan When Joe O’Malley was growing up in Dorchester in the ‘90s, he hardly ever went to Faneuil Hall Marketplace — maybe once a year with his dad to get blister-free socks at the Bill Rodgers Running Center. No one else he knew from the neighborhood went there much, either. Now, O’Malley runs […]
Read MoreCity of Boston Plans to Sell 18-Acre Parcel This past Wednesday, 1-acre of land in Kendall Square fetched $50.5m, a record-setting number. Now, Boston City officials are planning to sell an 18-acre property along Frontage Road to what could become a one-of-a-kind redevelopment opportunity. Located just south of the property is Widett Circle, an 18.5-acre […]
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By Peter Grant GE is moving to city as roughly 14 million square feet of new space is being added. General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt on Monday joined Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and other government leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of the company’s new headquarters, the most vivid sign so far of a […]
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