Archive for September 2022
BU is building the city’s largest all-electric building
To heat and cool a 300-foot-tall, 345,000-square-foot tower using the earth below the building, you need to drill some deep holes. Read More
Read More907 Main Hotel sees gas usage ‘miles lower’ than when it was a brownstone
Patrick Barrett, who does his own residential and commercial real estate development work, wanted his hotel to be all-electric or close to it. The problem, as he tells it, was his electric utility. Read More
Read MoreWinthrop Center will be one of the world’s largest passive-house buildings
The extra cost to make Winthrop into a passive-house project is about $15 million, according to Millennium Partners. Read More
Read MoreDistillery North was one of Boston’s first passive-house buildings
The 28-unit apartment building on East Second Street, attached to a 19th-century rum distillery that has been refashioned into residential and work space for artists. Read More
Read MoreUMass Global has ambitions to match its name
An estimated 39 million working Americans have some college credits but no degree. That’s precisely the audience that UMass Global is targeting as an online-only affiliate of its Massachusetts-based counterpart. Read More
Read MoreBoston Medical Center plans to open behavioral health center in Brockton
The Brockton Behavioral Health Center is set to open on Oct. 1 and will have 82 inpatient beds. Read More
Read MoreFind a vegan community — or even a date — on this app
Vegpal was the kind of vegan friendship and community app that founder Dahlia Eisenberg always wished she had to help her meet other vegans. She said joining Facebook groups or looking for people using #vegan on Instagram wasn’t the “seamless" experience she wanted. Read More
Read MoreEnjoy playing video games? You may soon be able to bet on esports matches in Mass. under new sports betting law
The rise of sports wagering in Massachusetts has generated excitement around betting on traditional teams like the New England Patriots or Red Sox, but another industry could get a piece of the action — esports and video games. Read More
Read MoreAlloy Therapeutics’ venture studio is raising its first fund — under a new president
82VS, a venture studio affiliated with biotech firm Alloy Therapeutics, has a new president as it looks to raise its first-ever fund. Read More
Read MoreHarborOne helps finance Burlington real estate firm’s $90M purchase of 14 NH industrial properties
The deal marked the bank’s largest commercial real estate loan to date. Read More
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