These markets are likely to see the biggest increases in multifamily construction in 2011, based on 2010 permit data.
The Builder Market Health Index points to much better prospects for 2011.
Four unconventional homes offer elements of the unexpected.
A great view is a terrible thing to waste. These homes sure didn't make that mistake.
Attention to detail can turn that master bath into a masterpiece.
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Field notes from the lighter side of home building.
The St. Aidan, Brookline, Mass.
A Boston-area for-sale development originally designed for seniors now caters to all ages.
All signs point to a profitable future for Boston’s multifamily sector.
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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...
A neighborhood rallies to bring affordable housing to a former church site in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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Court rules that having an option to purchase a land parcel does not confer property rights.
Thanks to digital technology, climate change concerns, and corporate layoffs, demand is rising for homes that accommodate today's entrepreneurs.
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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.
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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.
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...
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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...
Before The Macallen Building opened in July 2007, Boston residents who wanted to live the green life had few options.
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.
It was once called “the scariest building in North America.” Opened in 1878, the Danvers Lunatic Asylum in suburban Boston has long been one of the area's most prominent and recognizable landmarks.