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The Fraiman family has listed the Somerville Theatre block in Davis Square and the Capitol Theatre block in East Arlington; brokers say long‑term leases are in place.
South Boston’s Mary Ellen McCormack will be rebuilt as a climate‑resilient, mixed‑income neighborhood with all‑electric homes, raised grades, rain gardens and new public spaces.
A Suffolk Superior Court ruling found South Boston developers breached contracts over an East 2nd Street lot, producing roughly $1.58M in damages and a judge's Seuss‑tinged rebuke.
Cargo Ventures filed to build a roughly 150,000‑sq‑ft East Boston commissary at 160 McClellan to centralize Logan’s concession deliveries and launch an electric shuttle fleet. The BPDA filing is under review.
Northmarq arranged roughly $22.9M in Fannie Mae DUS financing for Elora Flats & Townhomes, preserving 104 income‑restricted apartments after Arrowpoint’s purchase.
Pontegadea paid $234M for The Kensington, a 27‑story, 381‑unit tower in Boston’s Theater District — a high‑profile move by Amancio Ortega’s family office.
The Massachusetts House added a YIGBY framework to a $561M bond bill, allowing multifamily housing on qualifying faith‑owned land and sending the measure to the Senate.
The Healey‑Driscoll administration awarded $18.6M in HDIP tax credits to fund 662 new homes across six Gateway Cities, starting with a Fall River redevelopment.
A proposed Massachusetts law would set up a statewide homesharing program to help seniors and renters, but critics say the draft strips tenant protections and raises legal questions.
New homes in Massachusetts can save buyers nearly $39,000 over a decade, but Greater Boston's high up‑front prices and condo fees complicate the decision. Buyers should model 10‑year costs and compare concessions carefully.
Sanofi signed an early extension at Cambridge Crossing, recommitting to its two‑building, roughly 900,000‑square‑foot Boston campus and stabilizing local life‑science demand.
Brookfield and New England Development paid $65M for most of the 1,400‑acre Union Point site and unveiled plans for thousands of homes and 2M sq ft of commercial space.
Alexandria filed permits to renovate the former athenahealth headquarters at 311 Arsenal St. in Watertown for three biotech tenants, signaling new lab fit‑outs on the Arsenal campus.
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