Archive for January 2022

City officials have tried and failed to make similar proposals a reality, but the new mayor has made implementation of the transfer fee one of her top housing priorities. Read More

UMass Lowell is looking to have 10 acres of its campus redeveloped for mixed use, becoming the latest Massachusetts college to take advantage of its land holdings and attractiveness to builders looking for proximity to students. Read More

The firm’s chief executive said Boston "is a very parochial market and heavily lawyered … so we didn’t want to jump in without a plan." Read More

Boston’s Cengage Group, which in 2020 called off its planned merger with New York educational publisher McGraw-Hill, is making a deal that will catapult it in the red-hot sector of cybersecurity training. Read More

Moderna Inc. has finally won full U.S. approval for its Covid-19 vaccine, 13 months and 13 days after the FDA first authorized it for emergency use. Read More

Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge has appointed a new president after six months of being led by an interim. Read More

Change is underway in communities of color as diverse leaders rise in power and influence in the commonwealth. Read More

The pandemic accelerated the transition to remote work for many occupations. These jobs led the way. Read More

The chancellor of the country’s largest community-college system had a front-row seat to the national push for free two-year college last year when he took a four-month sabbatical to advise the Biden administration on higher-education issues. Read More

While not unusual in dense urban metropolises like New York or in Europe, residential developments that don’t include any parking are gaining early momentum in historically car-dependent cities. Read More