Plans to demolish and rebuild the rear of the Huntington Ave. YMCA that houses most of the exercise facilities seem to be moving forward despite strong community opposition. A team representing the Greater Boston YMCA on Huntington Avenue was before the Boston Redevelopment Authority Tuesday night, and described the organization’s plan to tear down the 100-year-old structure, which would be sold to Northeastern University and converted into dormitories for students. The Y will then build a 23,000 square foot addition with a new pool, gym, and handball courts. The plan has faced stiff opposition Continue reading >>>

Home / Real Estate News / We Recommend... BOSTON - A Midwest-based institutional investment firm has paid $68.7 million for a nine-property portfolio of Walgreens triple net-leased locations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey.Randy Blankstein Continue reading >>>

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Take a walk down practically any major thoroughfare in the city of Boston, and you’ll be hard pressed to go more than a few blocks without running into a hospital. The cities of Cambridge and Boston have nine hospitals and medical centers between them, and a whopping two dozen hospitals are packed into the greater Boston metropolitan area. Knowing that state-of-the-art medical help is always close at hand is probably a comforting feeling. But it shouldn’t be. The presence of so many hospitals in Boston — along with high numbers of physicians, particularly specialists Continue reading >>>

Saturday, June 16, 2012 Letter from Boston Rabindranath Tagore's birthday has always been celebrated by the Bengali community in Boston, in big ways and small. The Greater Boston area is home to some of the most culturally talented and musically gifted expatriates from the Indian sub-continent, and every year we observe Kobi Guru's birthday through various parties, musical soirees, rallies, and cultural events. This year I attended three, one outdoor rally and two indoor gatherings, to commemorate his 151st birthday.Preparations Continue reading >>>

WOBURN, MA, Jun 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Batavia Bioservices, a service provider aiding its customers in the development of complex biological medicines, has decided to launch a US facility in Woburn, Massachusetts. The company is headquarted in Leiden, The Netherlands. Menzo Havenga, President and CEO of Batavia, said: "We have been growing Continue reading >>>

A Canada-based seller of snowboards has leased nearly 10,000 square feet of space in downtown Hopkinton for distribution of its products, according to Greater Boston Commercial Properties, which helped broker the lease. The company, Snowjam Snowboards LLC, will move to the Hopkinton site at 34 Hayden Rowe from a smaller space on Eliot Street in Ashland, according to a statement from Bret O'Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, which represented the owner of the Hopkinton building. Snowjam was represented by Rick Kaplan of RE/MAX Executive Realty's commercial division. Continue reading >>>

Job growth in Boston lags that of other major metro areas, one U.S. study found. Galen Moore Web Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter While Massachusetts boosters and politicians can be excused for expressing delight with Thursday's Continue reading >>>

Here's Lisa: I'm 32, married, and a condo-owner in Melrose. Like many Gen Yers, we're not looking for a starter home because we're scared of getting "stuck" five years down the road. We want a house where we can raise a couple of kids in a good school system, and we've got the income and 20% down to carry it. We don't want a new kitchen, bells and whistles. In fact, I would prefer something we can fix up over time to fit our own taste. So we thought we would be able to find something in the low to mid-400K range ? no problem. Wrong! This spring we've put in four - count 'em, FOUR! - offers Continue reading >>>

MERRIMACK, N.H., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the world's leading retail real estate company, announced today that it opened Merrimack Premium Outlets®, an upscale outlet shopping center serving the Greater Boston and Nashua markets. Located on a 170-acre site in Merrimack off the Everett Turnpike at exit 10 (Industrial Drive) in Hillsborough County, the center's Phase 1 is comprised of 410,000 square feet, housing 100 outlet stores featuring high-quality designer and name brands. A four-day Grand Opening Celebration runs through Sunday, June 17 and Continue reading >>>