Right of way exhibit On January 8th, students from Greater Boston came together at BSA Space to share some of their recent transportation design work. The event capped a multi-month academic initiative for the new Rights of Way exhibit and ongoing Overhaul Transportation Series. A call was put out last summer for students to relay their material and a diverse collection of projects was submitted, jury-reviewed, and included in the exhibit.The projects delved into unique aspects of transportation design, such as the architectural and urban design implications of MIT's CityCar/Hiriko, Continue reading >>>

Home values increased in January, well above the national average, according to Zillow. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter There’s more good news for Bay State homeowners: Home values increased in January, Continue reading >>>

Welcome to Triple-Decker Thursday, a feature on that Greater Boston institution, the three-level apartment building. Click here to view the full photogallery. This 74-year-old triple-decker near Jackson Square in Jamaica Plain has two tenants and a mesmerizing checkered floor in at least one room. Dig the snow in the big backyard, too. It hit the sales market Wednesday, and, according to the Coldwell Banker listing, is "perfect for condo conversion or investment." Continue reading >>>

Related: Press Release, News Award-winning, independent agency Primacy (formerly Acsys Interactive) announced today it has expanded into a new office in the greater Boston region. Though the company has had a presence in the area for several years, Primacy made the strategic decision to lay down deeper roots and expand its Boston-based team due to a number recent client wins in the region and increased demand for its full-breadth of services that go beyond purely digital, including branding, marketing, technology, and media buying. Primacy is actively hiring several positions in Boston, including Continue reading >>>

This Jan. 13, 2014 photo shows cocoa butter date polenta and cocoa coffee flank steak in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)  Four chefs from Greater Boston have been named semifinalists for prestigious James Beard Foundation awards in the Northeast regional "Best Chef" category. The foundation announced Wednesday that Jamie Bissonnette of Coppa and Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery + Cafe, both in Boston, Michael Leviton of Lumière in Newton and Barry Maiden of Hungry Mother in Cambridge were among 20 chefs nominated for best chef of 2014 in the Northeast. Three chefs from Rhode Island also Continue reading >>>

LeRoy J. Nutile of Needham, a businessman, civic leader and popular bandleader, died Monday at Harrington House nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Walpole. He was 85.Born in Boston, Mr. Nutile graduated from English High School and attended Boston College, where he played in the marching band.He was a successful agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance in Greater Boston and earned the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter, the most respected designation of insurance expertise.He taught insurance courses at Boston University, and opened Nutile Insurance Agency in Needham after retiring Continue reading >>>

And if we talk about many of these markets individually, of course, it gets even worse. This year, Somerville's condo inventory dropped by one-third annually. The South End lost a third, too! And, while last Feb. 18, Cambridge weighed in at an anemic 66 condos on the market, this Feb. 18, Cambridge had just 30 condos up for sale. Maybe that's why the median price for Cambridge's on-market condo inventory is now $764,000 vs. the $569,000 of just one year ago? Heck, as bad as Cambridge's condo inventory sounds, as of Tuesday JP had only 16 condos on the market. Come on, JP, you can do better Continue reading >>>

Screen Grab from BioShock Infinite Eric Convey Web Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Google+ Irrational Games, a big player in the Greater Boston video games space whose revenue has approached $1 billion a year, stunned the industry today by Continue reading >>>

The First Annual Boston Design Week, a 10-day citywide design festival, will take place March 20-30, 2014.  Participating organizations, businesses, sponsors and individual designers will offer 60+ design events, exhibitions, speakers, receptions, behind-the-scene tours, and other activities throughout greater Boston, most offered free of charge and all open to the public.  Calendar Highlights have now been posted at www.BostonDesignWeek.com, and a complete calendar of events will be online by the end of February.  A small sample of events is listed below.   •  Events take place Continue reading >>>

Matthew L. Brown Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter For the second time in less than a week, a local bank has hired a team of brokers from Poli Mortgage Group. This time, Leader Bank says it recruited seven loan originators away from the Norwood, Mass.-based firm. With about $650 million in assets, Arlington-based Leader is one of the more aggressive home lenders in Greater Boston, Continue reading >>>