By Liz Neisloss | WGBH | July 20, 2020 Downtown Boston’s office buildings loom over urban canyons, now echoing with the occasional complaint of a seagull. It’s the third phase of reopening in the state — which allows offices to fill to 50 percent capacity — and these buildings are mostly empty because their usual […]
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16Jul
‘We Were Way High’: Reality Of Phased Office Comeback Falls Short Of Landlord Expectations
Downtown OfficeDees Stribling | Bisnow | July 14, 2020 Office space has been open in Massachusetts since Phase 1 of the commonwealth’s reopening plan went into effect on May 25, but office workers and their managers aren’t rushing to return. That doesn’t mean they never will, just that the uncertainty is still too strong. During the […]
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By Jon Chesto | Boston Globe As few as one out of five employees will spend all workdays in the office Six months ago, LogMeIn chief executive Bill Wagner never would have imagined he would hire his next chief financial officer without meeting him in person first. Wagner would have said that’s crazy. Not anymore. Sure, […]
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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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19May
Boston Construction Struggles To Adapt To Social Distancing – And How To Pay For It
Capital MarketsBy Drees Stribling | Bisnow | May 19, 2020 As the construction industry in Boston is poised to reopen completely, the challenge of operating efficiently while social distancing are only going to intensify, experts said this week. According to the speakers at Bisnow’s recent webinar, How to Get Boston Construction Back Underway, it has already been a struggle. […]
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