Archive for July 2021

A 64-unit apartment building is planned to rise immediately next to the downtown Brockton commuter rail station by a company that’s already had success with two other residential projects in the neighborhood. Read More

The last 15 months have been filled with lessons for the airline industry. The challenge of vanishing customers led to more than just dropped middle seats. It re-wrote the map. Read More

A plant-based pizzeria is coming to Newbury Street — just its fifth location anywhere. Read More

Boston Children’s will soon submit a slate of $434 million community expansion projects to state regulators, broadening services it currently provides in Waltham and Weymouth while adding a new location in Needham. The Business Journal spoke to Boston Children’s CEO Kevin Churchwell about the proposal, and why the top-ranked hospital is requesting a half-billion-dollar project…

As microbiome startup Seres Therapeutics gets ready to bring its C. difficile treatment to the FDA, it has expanded its partnership with Nestlé Health, which is providing Seres with up to $500 million to commercialize the drug. $MCRB Read More

Work has started on the latest office building at Cambridge Crossing, a development that already claims major office presences for Bristol Myers Squibb, Philips and Sanofi. Read More

Results of the Business Journal’s latest list of the largest insurance brokers in Massachusetts suggest most firms weathered the Covid-19 crisis without serious negative impact to their business. In fact, of the 21 firms returning to the list, 18 recorded increases in their local premium-dollar volume. Read More

Workers in Massachusetts can take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to care for a seriously ill or injured family member as the last portion of a 2018 law instituting paid family and medical leave went into effect on July 1. Read More