Archive for July 2020
Mount Auburn Club to close, be redeveloped as office and lab
The longtime owners of Watertown’s Mount Auburn Club sold the property to a real-estate joint venture that intends to redevelop the club as an office/lab facility. Read More
Read MoreSmaller banks outpaced biggest bank in Mass. in PPP lending
New SBA data show that during the first round of PPP funding, the largest bank headquartered in Massachusetts made fewer loans than some of the Bay State’s tiniest lenders. Read More
Read MoreCongress gets full PPP data, while groups push to make more public
Details on hundreds of thousands of loans are now public. But only members of Congress have seen the full data set. Read More
Read MoreReport: MBTA approach to Covid-19 may worsen traffic
An analysis from a business-backed group compared the T to public transit systems in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. on a range of safety protocols. Read More
Read MoreTom Brady’s lifestyle brand awarded at least $350K in PPP money
Tom Brady’s performance lifestyle brand reportedly sought a financial lifeline from the federal government, according to the Small Administration. Read More
Read MoreThese Mass. businesses received more than $5M in PPP loans
Nearly 150 Massachusetts businesses received between $5 million and $10 million through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to federal data published Monday, putting them at the top tier of loan recipients nationwide. Read More
Read MoreHarvard plans to bring back just 40% of undergrads this fall
Harvard University officials shared plans to bring back only 40% of undergraduate students to Cambridge for the fall semester, citing the uptick in coronavirus cases around the U.S. Read More
Read MoreSBA releases redacted PPP data; lawsuit for full disclosure continues
The data is the most detailed yet about the program, which is the federal government’s primary Covid-19 relief effort for small business, and its release follows weeks of legal challenges by major media companies seeking public access to the data. Read More
Read MoreHere are the Mass. drug companies with the shortest cash runways
More than a dozen local biopharma companies will need to raise cash in the next 12 months. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and something we shouldn’t take for granted
Here are the five things you need to know as Phase 3 begins, plus something we should never take for granted. Read More
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