By Ed Donga

The Enterprise


Posted Jun. 10, 2014 @ 2:35 am
Updated Jun 10, 2014 at 12:35 PM

On June 28, cyclists can take their clothes off and pedal through the city. Naked Bike Ride photo Uploaded by S. Mirk on Flickr For the fifth consecutive year, cyclists from the Greater Boston area can take a ride through the streets without their clothes on. On Saturday, June 28, the World Naked Bike Ride, where hundreds of attendees shed their clothes, mount their rides, and pedal through several neighborhoods to call attention to the vulnerability of cyclists, is coming back to Boston. According to event details, riders will meet at the bandstand on Boston Common at 9 p.m. Continue reading >>>

The overall apartment vacancy rate in Boston, now at 3.8 percent, will cross the 6 percent mark in 2016, Hans Nordby, a managing director for CoStar Group, told an audience of real estate developers and brokers gathered at the Seaport Boston Hotel. In fact, there are already signs the bloom is coming off the rose. Here's a quote from Nordby, which I've lifted from the BT piece. "We're starting to see a slowdown in new projects, as some of the projects do not meet their pro formas. We're starting to see more concessions," he said. Some luxury apartment builders are even offering several Continue reading >>>

Thursday, June 12, 2014, 11:36am By Steve Adams Banker Tradesman Staff Writer Greater Boston's busy development scene shows little sign of slackening through 2015 with strong demand for commercial and multifamily properties, analysts predicted at an industry event Thursday.Tenants are in the market for 4.4 million square feet of office space in downtown Boston, an increase of 69 percent from 2012, said Continue reading >>>

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — The state attorney general's office has announced that it will review the 2009 death of a mentally ill man at Bridgewater State Hospital. Joshua Messier, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, died after guards secured him in restraints on a bed. The death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, but no one was ever criminally charged. Several guards and administrators were disciplined. Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement the circumstances of Messier's death "warrant a thorough review ... to ensure that we are treating people with mental Continue reading >>>

The Arts can be a nebulous term, including everything from street performances to grand concerts,  fringe theater companies to big Broadway-bound shows, local artists dotting canvases to masters gracing museum walls. What’s no longer nebulous though—the arts are an economic engine.  A new report by the non-profit group ArtsBoston reveals the arts are a $1.4 billion annual industry in Greater Boston. That’s no surprise to developer and philanthropist Ron Druker.  “I think the reasons why we have new flights coming in from Dubai and from Bejing and from Istanbul and from Tokyo is not Continue reading >>>

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present South Pacific from today, June 12-22 at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452). South Pacific will open Reagle's 46th Annual Summer Season, followed by Me and My Girl (July 10-20) and Singin' In the Rain (August 7-17). South Pacific is the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about navy life set against the backdrop of a lush tropical island during WWII. Considered radical for depicting cross-cultural marriage when it premiered in 1949, Reagle is proud to reprise the beloved musical that follows two love stories threatened by Continue reading >>>

Republicans suffer a stunning upset. Our experts weigh in. Student loan relief: How one Boston nonprofit helps low-income students get through school. Ruth Reichl: The former restaurant critic discusses her new novel. "The Minimalists": Meet the men who gave up six-figure salaries and shed most of their possessions to live the minimalist life.    Email us at GreaterBoston@WGBH.org. Continue reading >>>

On Tuesday President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, a bill that sounds excruciatingly boring but actually has major implications on Greater Boston. The measure approves federal funding for various aquatic infrastructure improvements, including deepening Boston Harbor. By signing the legislation into law, President Obama is allowing for a partial sum of the $310 million cost to be allocated towards the Boston Harbor Dredging Project – an initiative expected to double the amount of shipping containers that move in and out of Boston Harbor, specifically Continue reading >>>

Mary Moore Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter The economy of Greater Boston gains about $1.4 billion each year from arts and culture, according to a report due out today. The report being issued by ArtsBoston, an organization that promotes the arts in Greater Boston, is titled "The Arts Factor." The findings aim to highlight the role the arts play in Boston's identity and future. Key findings Continue reading >>>