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[byline: Bruce Lee; above: 101 Main St Cambridge (Photo by Rofo.com)] On March 29th I attended the celebration of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Boston’s move to the heart of Kendall Square for the inauguration of the new TiE-Boston Cambridge office. This was … Continue reading →

CoreNet Global, the pre-eminent commercial real estate research organization, has produced its latest “State of the Industry” report (link to summary). One of their major statements is that office workers will continue to prefer office environments over alternatives. I think … Continue reading →

Tishman Speyer hosted a reception at their 101 Federal St property with NAIOP – the premier organization for real estate developers and associated industries (certainly including brokers). The title was “Lifting Boston’s Low-Rise Space” and focused on the difference between … Continue reading →

A trio of dutch real estate finance economists have recently published a paper confirming higher returns for REITs that invest in buildings with energy standards and other green screening tools. I just found a great quick article on it at … Continue reading →

Reit.com recently posted this quick (4 mins)  interview with the GSA’s Federal Director, Kevin Kampshroer. In Summary: GSA is committed to sustainability. The real estate industry has turned the corner: 20-30% of firms have embraced the concepts. It is no … Continue reading →

We were recently contacted by an interesting firm. Helpmovingoffice.com are an up-and-coming firm based in the UK who help tenants with all aspects of moving their office. If you are considering making a move, for any reason, you should check … Continue reading →

It was a dark and stormy…day, in Boston’s Seaport District. Also known as the Innovation District. You can see the hulking roof of the Boston Convention Center on theleft, the towers of International Place and theFederal Reserve on the right. … Continue reading →

The first week of the New Year started off with three separate space planning sessions – all for different suites of office space. A critical component in the leasing process is to conceptualize and then to finalize the office space … Continue reading →

Usually it is pretty quiet the last week of the year – but not 2011! We had a terrific meeting on Tuesday to review a build-to-suit site in along Rt. 128. Here we are working  with a national franchise operator … Continue reading →

On Dec 20th, about 20 people participated in a tour of the Castle Square Deep Energy Retrofit project. Assembled by LISC (Local Initative Support Corporation)-Boston Program Officer, Elizabeth Glynn, the group came from a number of different housing agencies/organizations around … Continue reading →