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11Jul
Landlords and commercial tenants negotiate delicate deals with high stakes
Retail

By Tim Logan and Janelle Nanos | Boston Globe  It’s a tale of two cafes, and a story that’s playing out all over town. Nir Caspi owns Cafe Landwer, with locations in Cleveland Circle and Audubon Circle. Both opened in the last three years on the ground floors of new residential buildings. Both were doing well serving fine coffee, […]

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02Jun
Pandemic Or Not, Affordable Housing Still Needs Density And Transit
Downtown Office

By  Dees Stribling | Bisnow |June 2, 2020 The long-term outlook for affordable housing depends on its location in walkable areas with access to transit that will take residents to their jobs: urban density, in other words, or at least a pocket of density around a transit node. The pandemic has called that model into question, […]

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26May
In this coronavirus spring, a stroll down Newbury Street felt neither leisurely nor luxurious
Retail

  By Shirley Leung | Boston Globe| May 26, 2020  It says a lot that the busiest spot on Newbury Street on a gorgeous Tuesday was the decidedly unglamorous UPS Store, where people spent their lunchtime lined up outside to mail packages. In normal times, this stretch of the Back Bay would have been jammed with […]

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