Healey is pressing towns on MBTA zoning while assuring firefighters their equipment grants won’t be cut — but chiefs say tying safety dollars to housing compliance politicizes life‑saving gear.

JLL will manage Brown University Health’s 4.5 million square feet of hospitals, clinics and offices, consolidating oversight across Rhode Island and nearby states.

Wentworth will resume small annual PILOT payments to Boston as the BPDA signs off on a major Pike Residence Hall and a broader campus master‑plan amendment. The deal pairs modest cash with $5.2M in community benefits.

Gov. Maura Healey has ordered a study of whether easing the two‑stair code could open small mid‑rise lots to new housing. Advocates point to a 2024 report that estimates the change could unlock roughly 130,000 units in Greater Boston.

Chicago investor Mesirow paid $218M for Twenty20, a 355-unit tower in Cambridge Crossing, adding a near‑fully leased building to its growing multifamily fund.

CoStar finds Boston’s office-construction pipeline has fallen to pre‑pandemic 2017 levels as developers pause projects and demand recovers only slowly. Big new towers are few and far between.

Bank OZK is preparing to repossess 40 Thorndike in East Cambridge after the construction loan came due and the brand‑new office tower remained largely unleased. A foreclosure or distressed sale could reset local office prices.

Emails show MCCA staff briefly floated a Celtics arena behind the Menino Convention and Exhibition Center last fall; the authority says it’s not pursuing the plan.

The historic Lighthouse Inn in West Dennis sold for about $16.5 million, ending 88 years of Stone family ownership and putting the oceanfront resort into new hands ahead of its 88th season.

Dash Bio and Bonito Bio signed full‑floor leases at GENESIS 21 Hickory in Waltham, together adding about 48,127 sq ft of lab space as the Route 128 market shows early leasing momentum.

A Cambridge‑led petition would let single‑family homes be built on 5,000‑sq‑ft lots where sewer and water exist; organizers say they've passed a signature hurdle and the question could reach voters this fall.

Takeda is marketing nearly 449,140 sq ft of Cambridge lab and office space for sublease as it consolidates into a new Kendall Square campus, altering local leasing dynamics.

A former dairy farm in Dartmouth has been converted into a luxury home with historical features, modern amenities, and a mix of private and entertaining spaces, along with eco-friendly updates.