Life sciences, top-tier universities, and a supply-constrained core keep Boston among the most defensive markets, even as lab space digests a wave of new construction.
The Boston commercial real estate market is experiencing a cautious recalibration as investors navigate shifting economic conditions and evolving tenant demands. While the office sector faces challenges related to remote work trends, other segments, particularly life sciences and multifamily, continue to attract interest due to their resilience and growth potential. Lenders are adopting a more selective approach, focusing on quality assets and established markets, which may influence capital allocation strategies among institutional investors.
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The Boston Planning & Development Agency board has approved tax breaks for four residential developments totaling 1,400 units, reported the Boston Business Journal. The proposals make official a proposal made last mon…
Boston-based listings platform Infinityy has formed a portfolio-wide partnership with Maplewood Senior Living and its luxury senior living brand, Inspīr. The partnership will bring Infinityy’s AI-powered platform to e…
Related Beal, in partnership with Freeport Equity, has acquired Motor Mart Garage, a mixed-use parking and retail asset in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Terms were not disclosed. The seller was CIM Group, which acqu…
Boston Financial, the longest-standing syndicator focused exclusively on affordable housing, has closed on Boston Financial Institutional Tax Credits 63 Limited Partnership (ITC 63), a $191-million multi-investor Low-…
Report shows that an additional 25 GW of residential demand flexibility can be turned on quickly and could generate between $4 and $7 billion per year in financial benefits for US households. BOSTON, Oct. 13, 2026 /PR…
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board has approved tax breaks for four residential developments totaling 1,400 units, reported the Boston Business Journal. The proposals make official a proposal made last mon…
Boston-based listings platform Infinityy has formed a portfolio-wide partnership with Maplewood Senior Living and its luxury senior living brand, Inspīr. The partnership will bring Infinityy’s AI-powered platform to e…
Related Beal, in partnership with Freeport Equity, has acquired Motor Mart Garage, a mixed-use parking and retail asset in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Terms were not disclosed. The seller was CIM Group, which acqu…
Boston Financial, the longest-standing syndicator focused exclusively on affordable housing, has closed on Boston Financial Institutional Tax Credits 63 Limited Partnership (ITC 63), a $191-million multi-investor Low-…
Report shows that an additional 25 GW of residential demand flexibility can be turned on quickly and could generate between $4 and $7 billion per year in financial benefits for US households. BOSTON, Oct. 13, 2026 /PR…
Tishman Speyer recently secured a new headquarters lease with Rubin Rudman at One Federal St., its 38-story, 1.1 million-square-foot tower in Boston’s Financial District. Under a 15-year lease, Rubin Rudman’s new head…
Massachusetts is proposing 34 fewer neighborhoods in a second iteration of the federal Opportunity Zone program that gives investors tax benefits in return for their involvement, reported the Boston Business Journal .…
Rachel Bliss has joined the Boston office of Colliers as VP on its Downtown Urban Leasing team. Bliss brings extensive local market knowledge and experience across tenant representation. In her new role, Bliss will ad…
Life Time announced plans to open a new athletic club and social wellness destination at Commonwealth Pier in late 2027. The club will be Life Time’s eighth in the Greater Boston market since debuting in 2015 an…
Real estate technology and investment firm brings residents a seamless path to coverage while giving real-time compliance visibility and portfolio-wide protection across its multifamily portfolio. BOSTON, Oct. 8, 2026…
BENSALEM, PA. — A partnership between affiliate of regional owner-operator Endurance Real Estate and Boston-based Long Wharf Capital has purchased a portfolio of two industrial building totaling 110,883 square feet in…
WILMINGTON, MASS. — BRUNT Workwear has signed a 56,000-square-foot lease in the northern Boston suburb of Wilmington. The space is located within the property at 299- 301 Ballardvale St., which can support industrial,…
Four factors will need to go right to justify eye-popping investments into the sector, said Peter Hanbury, a partner at Boston-based global management consulting firm Bain.
Four factors will need to go right to justify eye-popping investments into the sector, said Peter Hanbury, a partner at Boston-based global management consulting firm Bain.
Acquisition brings one of the industry's most recognized independent creative shops into Chemistry and marks the opening of its fifth U.S. office PITTSBURGH and BOSTON, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent agency…
BOSTON — Galvanize Real Estate, the sustainable real estate arm of global asset manager Galvanize, has acquired a portfolio of three industrial buildings totaling 360,000 square feet in Boston. Known as the Liberty Lo…
Institutional-Quality Light Industrial Campus in Charlotte Area Expands Firm's Presence in Leading Southeast Logistics and Business Markets BOSTON and CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockpoint, a Boston-ba…
SALEM, MASS. — Related Cos. is underway on the $38 million renovation of Loring Towers, a 250-unit affordable housing community located north of Boston in Salem that was built in 1974. Interior upgrades will cover flo…
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Northmarq has provided a $22.8 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Elora Flats & Townhomes, a 104-unit affordable housing complex in Lawrence, a northern suburb of Boston. Built in 2009, Elora Fl…
Boston-based Davis has bought the roughly 65,000-square-foot R&D building at 51 Rio Robles in North San Jose, a high-power property that county records show was pledged just two months earlier as collateral for the ba…
Boston-based Davis paid $17 million for the roughly 65,000-square-foot R&D building at 51 Rio Robles in North San Jose, buying it from an Office Properties Income Trust subsidiary that had pledged the property just tw…
JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged $44 million in financing for 31 Milk St., an adaptive reuse multifamily redevelopment in Downtown Boston. Managing director Anthony Cutone, director Madeline Jo…
Rockpoint , a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, and Rockpoint Industrial, an operating partner exclusive to Rockpoint, announced the acquisition of Richmond Trade Center, a 1.03-million-square-foot, five-b…
Monarch Capital Partners, a Boston-based commercial real estate investment firm, completed its first acquisition: 115 & 117 Flanders Rd. in Westborough, MA. The 115,241-square-foot flex/R&D/office and shallow-bay indu…
Key points Bank of America is providing a $10 million grant to Boston Children's Hospital to establish a new pediatric behavioral health campus of Franciscan Children's in Brighton. The Brighton campus will feature ne…
The two-building, 201-unit multifamily property with an all-electric design, developed by Taurus Investment Holdings, just broke ground in the undersupplied Boston metro area.
Planned 2027 deployment will connect inventory, fulfillment and returns across Barrett's national operations BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Barrett Distribution Centers, a leading national third-party logistics…
JLL Income Property Trust (JLL IPT) has acquired Worcester Distribution Center, a Class A industrial building in the Western Boston submarket, for a purchase price of approximately $90 million. The seller was not disc…
Luzern Associates has landed $34.5 million of acquisition financing to purchase a three-building industrial campus in Boston’s North Shore area, Commercial Observer has learned. Northwest Bank supplied the loan for Lu…
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners (ACP) has negotiated a $10.2 million sale of Boston Commons Plaza, a 103,494-square-foot shopping center in the Western Massachusetts city of Spri…
BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Haynes, a Massachusetts- and Rhode Island-based construction management firm, is leading a multi-level renovation of Hotel 1620, a boutique waterfront hotel in historic Plymouth…
CHESTER, VA. — Boston-based Rockpoint, along with affiliate firm Rockpoint Industrial, has acquired Richmond Trade Center, a 1 million-square-foot industrial campus in Chester, a southern suburb of Richmond. The selle…
Boston continues to be a hub for office conversion enthusiasts, with Kendall Capital planning to convert a landmark office building in Boston’s Financial District into a 155-unit residential property. The 155,000-squa…
Institutional-Quality Industrial Campus Expands Firm's Presence in One of the Southeast's Strongest Logistics Markets BOSTON and RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockpoint, a Boston-based real estate priv…