Archive for September 2021

Medical Properties Trust, which owns the real estate of eight Steward Health Care’s hospitals, has signed an agreement with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V to acquire a 50% stake in the portfolio, a deal the health system said validates the hospitals’ value. Read More

Sixty-two freestanding rest homes, 85 hospice programs and 268 assisted living residences would fall under the new mandate. Read More

After years of planning, UMass said Thursday it is launching UMass Global, an affiliate with ambitions for dramatically expanding the university’s online offerings. Read More

While companies are all over the place in their post-Labor Day return to the office plans, plenty of events — both in-person and online — are planned for the month ahead. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Read More

The cold storage market was valued at $89 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach $218 billion by 2026, growing at a compound annual rate of 11.7% between 2019 to 2026. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know to start your busy business day, plus Martian rocks in Maine, M&A deals, CEO shuffles and the gaping disconnect between bosses and employees. Read More

Marjorie Hess, new president of the Council of Independent Colleges, talks with The Business Journals about the state of private higher education and how small colleges are dealing with enrollment declines. Read More

Disc Medicine, a Cambridge biotech startup spun out of Atlas Venture in late 2019, has raised $90 million to get two blood disorder drugs into the clinic by early 2022. Read More