Rental housing planned at former Indian Hill Elementary School in Worcester

MassDevelopment announced Monday it has partnered with Main Street Bank in Marlboro to provide a $2.78 million commercial real estate mortgage loan to North Village Lofts, LLC, a Worcester-based real estate development company, for the project. Main Street Bank was the lead lender on the
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Gershman Mortgage Helps To Preserve Affordable Housing in Indiana. EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — On March 21st, 2018. Gershman Mortgage closed the refinancing of an existing affordable. housing community in Kokomo, Indiana named Lincolnwood Apartments. Scott Graber
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Fitbit Inc. jumped the most in two months after announcing a move to Google's cloud computing service to help make data sharing easier across the health-care system, bolstering the struggling wearable company's efforts to keep its fitness trackers relevant. The partnership with Alphabet Inc.'s Google is
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Existing-home sales and contract signings both saw modest gains in March, even as low supply and higher mortgage rates continued to affect overall affordability, according to the National Association of Realtors. The association released a 56-second animated video summarizing how the housing
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Creeping flood waters driven by sea rise have yet to reach the doors of most homes in South Florida, but research shows the looming threat from climate change is already affecting their value. And not in a good way. New data suggests that homes in lower elevations are selling for less and gaining
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Days after a federal judge put the lawsuit between Stormy Daniels and the president and his personal lawyer on hold, the porn star has announced she is now also suing Donald Trump for defamation. The defamation suit, filed Monday by Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti, claims that Trump's April 18
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McConnell's bill — known as the CAREER Act — aims to expand transitional housing options for recovering addicts until they find permanent arrangements. It also would give states more flexibility to spend federal career services and training funds to help them find jobs. The state-based pilot program
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Since the real estate market is performing better in Montreal than in other Quebec cities, it comes as no surprise that countryside areas closer to Montreal (Laurentides, Lanaudière, Montérégie and Estrie) are seeing the most demand. With both temperatures and interest rates rising, it could be a good
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Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between EverWest Real Estate Investors and WHI Real Estate Partners, to secure the three-year, floating-rate loan through an entity affiliated with the commercial real estate lending platform of Marathon Asset Management
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HomeBridge Financial Services has announced five new additions to its regional leadership team. New Area Managers to join the company include Harry Krause based in Beachwood, Ohio; Stacey Jordan, who will be based in Hanover, Mass.; Tyrone Jefferson in Braintree, Mass.; Peter Luna in
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Despite their reputation as startup tech hubs, San Francisco and Boston aren't the only cities where startups can shine. In fact, they're not even among the best. A new report from personal finance website WalletHub crunched the numbers and found they don't even crack the top 20, when it comes to the
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AT&T Inc. and Walmart Inc. are among 36 businesses, government agencies and universities that have agreed to buy 3.3 gigawatts of wind and solar power so far this year. … The gains are also due to local renewables program and growing demand in international markets like Mexico and Australia.
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“The good news is, compared to other transactions, it's not a leveraged transaction in and of itself,” Tannuzzo said. … secured debt ratings after the acquisition, its unsecured bonds and those of T-Mobile will still dominate junk-bond indexes, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Stephen Flynn.
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Global Environmental Monitoring Instrument Market 2018 Report presents a professional and deep analysis on the present state of the Global … Global Environmental Monitoring Instrument Manufacturers, Suppliers and Distributors; Real estate developers; Global Environmental Monitoring Instrument
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The banking industry is changing. In the words of sci-fi author William Gibson, “the future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.” In China, a payments revolution is underway that constitutes a true “Great Leap Forward.” While the U.S. is still mapping the path to real-time payments, and
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While many people consider moving when they retire, research has shown that most stay put, Vanguard said in a recent blog post, pointing to data from Freddie Mac in which 63% of homeowners aged 55 or older said they plan on aging in place. “Moving is a big step. It means saying good-bye to your
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The Brooklyn luxury market had its priciest week of April last week, with 19 contracts signed for a total of about $63.4 million. The deals between April 23 and April 29 worth $2 million or more were split between nine condo deals and 10 house deals, according to the latest report from Stribling
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A prominent Tower District real estate agent is facing a misdemeanor sexual battery charge from an incident at a gay nightclub in early February. Fresno County District Attorney's Office filed charges against Tom DeBey, 49, earlier this month after a Fresno Police Department investigation. DeBey has not
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Bitcoin diehards are breathing a sigh of relief as April winds down. The world's biggest cryptocurrency has jumped 36 percent, the biggest monthly gain since December, when it soared to almost $20,000 before quickly crashing to as low as $5,922 in January. The rally is leaving advocates optimistic.
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It is likely that Israel launched the missile attack in Syria that killed at least 26 pro-government fighters, many of them Iranians, late on Sunday night. The targets included a ground-to-ground missile depot that exploded with the seismic impact of a small earthquake. Iranian news outlets first confirmed and
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