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Harvard breaks ground on big Allston project

The Enterprise Research Campus is set to include lab space, green space, and housing.

Another downtown office building sells at a sizable loss
City Realty Group last week said it has acquired a nine-story Leather District office building for $11 million, little more than half what the property last sold for in 2015.

Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?
The lack of affordable housing has become a defining characteristic of the Boston region.

After tense debate, Arlington adopts new housing plan

The town is the largest yet to approve a plan required by a 2021 state law that mandates denser housing in communities served by the MBTA.

A $2 million effort to ‘level up’ Downtown Boston
The initiative aims to recalibrate downtown, and the the business improvement district’s work within it, to a post-pandemic reality.

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium
Lawmakers are nearing a deal that would enable a long-planned soccer stadium to be built on the banks of the Mystic near Encore Casino.

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Trustees of Reservations seeks $14.4 million to buy Millborn Farm in Sherborn and Millis
The 180-acre property could be connected through navigable water to other Trustees reservations.

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Meet the new millionaires tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million
Communities would be able to adopt a real estate transaction fee of 0.5 percent to 2 percent on the portion of a property sale over a $1 million and put the funds toward affordable housing programs.

Latest Headlines in Real Estate

Healey’s big new housing push includes $4 billion in funding — and controversial tax and zoning changes

State officials estimate that the proposal could create more than 40,000 new homes — a large portion of which would be set aside for low- and middle-income households — over five years.

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St. Regis condo developer gambles with below-market ‘bid sale’ on 10 units

Jon Cronin is offering one- and two-bedroom condos with minimum required offers that are about 20 percent below recent sales.

Ten things to know about Governor Healey’s $4 billion housing bond bill

The bill proposes more than two dozen policy changes and three executive orders.

Cambridge passes new affordable housing rules, paving the way for taller buildings

The amendments, which passed the council on a 6-3 vote, mark one of the more ambitious local efforts to address the affordable housing crisis in Massachusetts.

It’s fall and Greater Boston’s housing market is still frozen by interest rates

The 752 houses sold in and around Boston in September represented the lowest tally for the month since 1995.

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions

The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test.

BPDA approves project that will transform Southie’s Andrew Square

The master plan would enable 3.8 million square feet of commercial and residential space in 11 buildings along Dorchester Ave.

Sale of The Whitney highlights resilient hotel market

The Beacon Hill building, which dates to 1909, was acquired by an affiliate of Egeria Group, a multinational investment firm.