As foot traffic downtown plateaus in the wake of the pandemic, owners of empty storefronts are thinking about ways to reinvent their space. By Diti Kohli Globe Staff,Updated April 30, 2023 Since February, Lee Morgan and Patrick Brewster have been serving canapés and cucumber sandwiches in a meticulously decorated storefront on Tremont Street. The Silver […]
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03Mar
Boston’s residential neighborhoods are thriving, while downtown struggles
Boston Commercial Real EstateBy Diti Kohli Globe Staff The revival of resident neighborhoods also has to do with economics. A storefront that goes for $90 per square foot downtown could lease for around $40 in the urban edge areas, said Whitney Gallivan of Boston Real Estate Advisors. Rent “in the neighborhoods could be a quarter of what it […]
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Why ‘how downtown Boston is recovering’ depends on which downtown you’re talking about
Boston Commercial Real EstateBack Bay, the Seaport, and the Financial District are taking divergent tracks as the pandemic eases, depending largely on how reliant they are on office workers. By Janelle Nanos and Catherine Carlock Boston Globe Staff Since the start of the pandemic, there have been lots of questions about the future of downtown Boston. But three […]
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BOSTON REALTY ADVISORS LEASES ‘THE ABBOT’ RETAIL IN HARVARD SQUARE
Boston Commercial Real EstateSix Tenants Including Health Spaces and The Comedy Studio in Iconic Building November 15, 2022 – By Tom Palmer BOSTON – Boston Realty Advisors has completed leasing 30,000 square feet of new retail space on the lower three floors of the iconic, newly restored Abbot building at the heart of Harvard Square. The 60,000-square foot building […]
Read MoreLandlords Broaden Horizons in Search for Right Mix By Steve Adams | Banker & Tradesman Staff A former A.C. Moore store in Cambridge’s Fresh Pond Mall will be replaced by Central Rock Gym’s 12th Massachusetts location. Photo by Alex Peacher | Courtesy Retail landlords may have found a roadmap to stability after the rapid evolution of shopping […]
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