Living in a city comes with certain sacrifices, but delicious fresh food should not be one of them. As we head into the heat of the summer, beautiful fruits and vegetables are in harvest season, and farmers markets are in full swing throughout the Greater Boston area. In addition to healthy organic food, many markets also offer special events. Head to the West Roxbury Farmers Market for canning lessons and live music on July 6 or to the Egleston Farmers Market for a fermentation workshop on July 12. With markets everywhere from Dorchester to Continue reading >>>

Boston's retail vacancy rate was tied with Austin as the 12th-lowest in the country, and was one of 38 markets that saw a decline in vacancies in the second quarter. Craig Douglas Managing Editor, Online Research- Boston Business Journal Email Continue reading >>>

With momentum continuing and "Greater Boston at a remarkable turning point in its economic development," analysts from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) said they saw strong commercial leasing activity in the second quarter in Boston and core submarkets, including the Interstate 495 and MetroWest regions. Sublease space made up a large portion of the absorption of space, with more than 250,000 square feet occupied in the quarter, resulting in a sublease vacancy rate below 2 percent, JLL said, marking the lowest sublease vacancy level in years. With this sublease burn off, direct rents are likely Continue reading >>>

If there's a more game-change-y neighborhood in Greater Boston than South Boston, we don't know about it. Given its perennial popularity and the strong whiff of transformation in the air, the rental market in Southie remains one of the region's more competitive; and neighborhoods in general in these parts are especially competitive during the dog days of summer. So! To help your next search along, we culled South Boston apartments asking $2,500 on the nose to give you a sense of what that magic number rents. We start with Unit 503 at 33 Sleeper Street just off the Fort Point Channel. It's Continue reading >>>

By Genevieve Olson

The Patriot Ledger


Posted Jul. 3, 2014 @ 6:00 am
Updated Jul 3, 2014 at 9:56 AM

The city of Boston ventured way out on a limb with a bid to delay the awarding of a Greater Boston casino license until after a November vote on the state’s casino law. Yesterday the limb snapped. Time to move on!The state Gaming Commission voted, unanimously and correctly, to proceed with the licensing process, even with the repeal vote set for November. The city presented an extraordinarily weak argument in favor of a delay.City lawyers argued, for example, that Boston would suffer irreparable harm if the license is awarded, mostly in the form of the unrecoverable cost of negotiating mitigation Continue reading >>>

McHugh: What’s your end game? Caption: Gaming Commission members from left: Bruce Stebbins, Enrique Zuniga, James McHugh, and Gayle Cameron The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday unanimously rejected a request from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to put the Greater Boston casino licensing process on hold until after voters decide in November whether or not to keep the state’s gaming law in place. The city’s arguments took a pounding legally and factually, and its contention that voters would be harmed by knowing whether Everett or Revere will play host to the proposed casino Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts gaming regulators have rejected Boston officials’ request that they delay the awarding of a Greater Boston casino license until after a November referendum on the 2011 law that authorized casinos in the state.Instead, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will proceed with its consideration of the competing projects proposed by Mohegan Sun, in Revere, and Wynn Resorts, in Everett. The commission had previously adopted a schedule calling for a licensing decision by early September at the latest.By a 4-0 vote, the commission denied the City of Boston’s request that the Continue reading >>>

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission today unanimously denied a request by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to delay awarding the coveted Greater Boston casino license until after Bay Staters have a chance to vote on a possible repeal of the gaming law in November.Eugene O’Flaherty, the city’s corporation counsel, argued that if the commission did not grant a stay, Boston would ”suffer irreparable harm” in terms of time and money spent.“The public interest is served by people having their say,” O’Flaherty added.A decision by the Supreme Judicial Court last week to put a referendum on casinos Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, MA — Cushman Wakefield of Massachusetts announced the hiring of Brendan Daly as a Director in its Boston office. His responsibilities include tenant advisory and landlord representation services in the 128 West market of Greater Boston. Mr. Daly joins CW with more than eight years of brokerage experience advising tenants across Greater Boston, including such companies as VMWare, Texas Instruments and Ipswitch. At CW, his primary focus will be tenant representation in the Burlington, Waltham and Needham areas, working closely with CW Executive Director Mark Roth, Director Matt Malatesta Continue reading >>>