Posts by ericg
Mission Hill group wants to swap out Roxbury Crossing office proposal for more housing
The nonprofit has approval to build a 10-story office building on a property near the Roxbury Crossing MBTA station, but it wants to instead put a six-story, 120,000-square-foot apartment building in its place. Read More
Read MoreAnalog Devices CFO is heading to Uber
Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah was named as the new CFO at the San Fransisco-based ride-hailing giant effective Nov. 13. Read More
Read MoreJohn Hancock seeking to move iconic sign to new home in Back Bay
The company is seeking to move the sign — which lived in Fenway Park for 20 years — to the company’s U.S. headquarters building in Back Bay. Read More
Read MoreJohn Hancock is moving iconic sign to new home in Back Bay
The company has got approval to move the sign — which lived in Fenway Park for 20 years — to the company’s U.S. headquarters building in Back Bay. Read More
Read MoreEditorial: Pay disclosure law has upsides, but needs work
The Business Journal’s latest editorial says the state’s salary-disclosure bill is worth supporting, but it requires some changes that would ease the impact on small businesses while maintaining the intent to bring about pay equity. Read More
Read MoreTwo luxury watch brands set to take Burberry’s place on Newbury St.
Two luxury watch sellers are moving into Newbury Street’s former Burberry space, as the block closest to the Public Garden turns into a high-end watch hub. Read More
Read MoreEmployees at closed First Republic branches still have a job (for six months)
Two of the five First Republic Bank branches in Massachusetts have closed this month as its new parent, JPMorgan Chase & Co, shut down a quarter of the failed bank’s branches across the country. The employees at those branches still have a job — for six months. Read More
Read MorePediatric mental health company Cartwheel raises $20M in Series A
Cartwheel, a Cambridge-based mental health company, had a $20 million Series A fundraise to provide mental healthcare to children. Read More
Read MoreMarc Raibert’s Boston Dynamics AI Institute hires ethics lead
The announcement of the new hire comes a couple of months after the Boston Dynamics founder told the Business Journal about his vision for the Cambridge-based institute as the "Bell Labs of AI and robotics." Read More
Read MoreSome office markets may be close to bottoming out while others are showing more cracks
A number of high-growth markets are worth watching in the coming quarters because of their ongoing construction activity and questions about what demand might fill existing vacant space. Read More
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