The Quincy Center for Innovation opened Oct. 1. Office space geared toward the needs of startups has grown steadily in recent years in communities around Greater Boston — with the notable exception of areas south of the city. But that's changing now, with the opening this month of the Quincy Center for Innovation. Through a partnership between the Quincy Chamber Continue reading >>>

The local housing market continues to gain strength as home prices rose and foreclosure activity plunged in recent months. The value of a home in Greater Boston, seasonally adjusted, increased by a half percent from July to August and 6 percent from a year earlier, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The number of foreclosures initiated statewide in September fell 69 percent from a year ago, said Warren Group.

When a casino opens in Greater Boston, that giant sucking sound you will hear won’t be the sound of dollars being taken out of the economy, but rather high rollers enjoying Wellfleet half shells from Union Oyster House. “I don’t think it’s going to hurt anybody,” said Joe Milano, who owns the popular restaurant by Faneuil Hall   that opened in 1826. “It’s an added attraction to history. When you add people, they have to eat.” As communities across the state decide on casinos, businesses from restaurants to florists are lining up for a piece of the action. The anticasino faction Continue reading >>>

Jon Chesto Managing Editor, Print- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter  | Google+ Like most industries, architectural firms learned to become more efficient as they bounced back from the blows they suffered in the Great Recession. But it’s rare that we get a glimpse at just how efficient these privately owned businesses have become. The latest annual survey conducted of Continue reading >>>

Connor Lonergan is the Medford Transcript Athlete of the Week [Oct. 24]. A four-year starter for the Medford High golf team, Lonergan has led the Mustangs to the Greater Boston League title and a berth in the upcoming state tournament.

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Longtime Wayland resident Joanne Berry, an agent with Hammond Residential Real Estate, has been recognized by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) and the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS for 30 years of service in the real estate industry. Berry, who has been an agent with Hammond Residential since 2001, attained designations from the Council of Residential Specialists and Graduate Residential Institute. Buyers and sellers who have worked with Berry have noted her exceptional level of knowledge and personal service in dealing with all phases of the real Continue reading >>>

Rich Cawley, United Multi Family Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be a hot commodity even with the recent increases in interest rates. Since May rates have climbed almost a percent impacting some deals that were already in process however due to limited inventory of quality properties there hasn't been a negative effect on pricing yet. For the first half of this year there have been 41 transactions, down from the 60 that occurred during the same period in 2012. Most of the decrease can be attributed to the sellers that decided to take advantage of Continue reading >>>

Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday called for doubling federal funding of scientific and biomedical research and for more consistent financing of the National Institutes of Health, which both contribute to the state’s innovation economy. Speaking to a forum held by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat said increasing investment in medical research can save lives and money. Research into cheaper vaccines and drugs that delay Alzheimer’s disease can reduce the nation’s health care costs, she said. The National Institutes of Health, which funds and conducts Continue reading >>>

(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) - If Boston Red Sox fans wanted the team to sweep the World Series in four games, hotels, restaurants and bars of Greater Boston are hoping for a seventh-game Sox victory – as each World Series is estimated to pump $9 million into the area economy, two-thirds of that net, new spending by out-of-state visitors.At resellers Ace Ticket in Kenmore Square, founder and CEO Jim Holzman said on Monday afternoon for game six Wednesday night, "Right now we have about 250 seats. We're still aggressively out there buying Continue reading >>>