Half of all of the commercial real estate investment worldwide occurs in just 30 cities? A presentation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from a study enacted by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is where these results came from. At this annual event, JLL proved how of these top 30 cities, 9 came from …
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We all know how much of an easy city Boston is to get around in, but what about nationwide? Perhaps our generally smaller city is a reason why many find it more efficient to walk or bike to work. Parking which is often expensive could also be a factor, however the central reason seems to …
We recently discussed how housing in small cities is likely to be hot in 2012. Once again, Jed Kolko, the chief economist at Trulia.com expressed his opinion about places such as Boston, San Jose, Austin/Houston, and Rochester in upstate New York and how they are some of the smaller cities that will out-do the rest …
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Housing in small cities is likely to be hot in 2012. Once again, Jed Kolko, the chief economist at Trulia.com expressed his opinion about places such as Boston, San Jose, Austin/Houston, and Rochester in upstate New York and how they are some of the smaller cities that will out-do the rest of the country in …
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This year marks the much anticipated 350th anniversary of Milton, Massachusetts. In 2011, Money Magazine awarded Milton with the distinction of being the 2nd best town to live in all of the United States! Moreover, in the past ten years, Milton has been on the Top Ten of Money Magazines same list an astounding three …
One of the most recent articles from Metro Boston discusses the future prospects for Boston real estate going forth into 2012. The localities that are brought up as ones to keep a keen eye on are South Boston, or Southie, the Back Bay, and Kendall Square. All of these neighborhoods are showing how despite the …
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Have you ever walked into your local grocery store or taken a Sunday stroll through a bustling market and wondered just how far all of those items have travelled? Your bananas, likely from Ecuador, the mango you just bought, likely from India, the rice you want for your stir fry, yes it also was possibly …
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If you were to go to an area with many outlet stores, how far outside of Boston do you think it is? 10 minutes, maybe 20? Both are incorrect. Surprising as it may seem, the closest outlet center is at least 45 minutes away in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Well, the town of Somerville, only 12 minutes …
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Plans are in place for a new public library located in Westwood, Massachusetts! This library is in close association with the plans of the Colburn School of the town. This is because the Colburn School will be moving to the old Westwood Public Library location. The new library aims to totally change the way in …
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The Toys for Tots is a program is run by the U.S. Marine Corps. The mission of marines fromall over the United States (both active and veteran) every holiday season is to collect new,unwrapped toys, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children to their localcommunities. Toys for Tots was founded in 1947 …
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