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  • Boston Boasts Steady and Strong Multifamily Demand

    All signs point to a profitable future for Boston’s multifamily sector.

  • UDR Closes $455.1 Million in Acquisitions, Prices Stock Offering

    Highlands Ranch, Colo.-based UDR is offering 16 million shares of its common stock priced at $20.35 per share to generate proceeds of approximately $312.1 million (and possibly up to $359.0 million), the multifamily REIT announced today. Proceeds from the sale will be used to pay down debt as well...

  • Former Sacred Blessing Campus in Boston Undergoes Major Renovation

    A neighborhood rallies to bring affordable housing to a former church site in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

  • Market Grows for Live-Work Housing

    Thanks to digital technology, climate change concerns, and corporate layoffs, demand is rising for homes that accommodate today's entrepreneurs.

  • Condo Absorption is Slow but Steady

    New condo players in Boston aren't exactly in the fast lane toward property stabilization. Absorption rates in the city are averaging out at approximately one per month. Still, that's a better rate than the one unit per two months seen in Boston's suburbs. And both are better than zero sales.

  • Condo Absorption is Slow but Steady

    New condo players in Boston aren't exactly in the fast lane toward property stabilization. Absorption rates in the city are averaging out at approximately one per month. Still, that's a better rate than the one unit per two months seen in Boston's suburbs. And both are better than zero sales.

  • The Opportunist

    When the founder of a private apartment firm needs a new face at the top to help push growth, he or she has two options—turn to competitors and pick off young talent or promote from within. Lawrence R. Gottesdiener took a different approach. The founder and chairman of Newton, Mass.-based Northland...

  • Parkside Commons Apartments

    It was the town dump, and now it's the crown jewel. Braintree, Mass.-based developer John M. Corcoran and Co. (JMC) successfully turned a contaminated brownfield site into a LEED-certified, 100 percent smoke-free apartment community boasting 238 units with rents ranging from $1,150 to $2,570 per...

  • The Macallen Building

    Before The Macallen Building opened in July 2007, Boston residents who wanted to live the green life had few options.

  • “The West End is Again”

    On April 25, 1958, business owners and residents in Boston's West End neighborhood received eviction letters from the Boston Redevelopment Authority and watched as their entire community was razed to make way for apartment high-rises and office buildings.