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Check out the New England Real Estate Journal's 2025 Fall Preview Spotlight

Check out the New England Real Estate Journal's 2025 Fall Preview Spotlight

October 31, 2025
NEREJ’s Fall Preview is Out Now!
Explore our Fall Preview Spotlight, featuring exclusive Q&As with leading commercial real estate professionals and in-depth byline articles on today’s most relevant market topics. Gain insight into the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping New England’s commercial real estate landscape this fall.  
2025 Fall Preview: Will Kelleher, Kelleher & Sadowsky  Associates

2025 Fall Preview: Will Kelleher, Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates

October 31, 2025
What trends or shifts do you see shaping your industry this fall and into 2026? As debt becomes more accessible heading into 2026, the commercial real estate landscape across Central Massachusetts – and all New England – presents opportunities for repositioning and growth. Key trends include refinancing and debt restructuring, a flight to quality that separates Class A properties
2025 Fall Preview: Jeffrey Burke, Auburn Construction

2025 Fall Preview: Jeffrey Burke, Auburn Construction

October 31, 2025
What trends or shifts do you see shaping your industry this fall and into 2026? Boston’s skyline reflects a shift, fewer cranes and heightened competition for small to mid-sized projects as city firms expand into the suburbs.
2025 Fall Preview: Brandon Carr, DiPrete Engineering

2025 Fall Preview: Brandon Carr, DiPrete Engineering

October 31, 2025
What trends or shifts do you see shaping your industry this fall and into 2026? Things are shifting fast. Recent policy moves in Washington have disrupted many green energy projects, forcing clients to pivot and rethink their models.
2025 Fall Preview: Andrew Tuccio, Tuccio Properties Group

2025 Fall Preview: Andrew Tuccio, Tuccio Properties Group

October 31, 2025
What challenges or opportunities do you anticipate for your clients as the market heads into Q4? One challenge I anticipate is slower leasing velocity – the time from initial inquiry to lease signing continues to lengthen.
Using IRC Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange and IRC Section 121 the “Principal Residence Exclusion” in the same transaction - by Brendan Greene

Using IRC Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange and IRC Section 121 the “Principal Residence Exclusio...

October 31, 2025
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 allows a property owner, who holds property for “the productive use in a trade or business or for investment”, to defer paying capital gains taxes if a property owner sells such property, identifies like kind
The certainty of uncertainty -  A real estate appraisal perspective - by Bill Pastuszek

The certainty of uncertainty - A real estate appraisal perspective - by Bill Pastuszek

October 31, 2025
In all things today, uncertainty is not an anomaly – it’s the norm. In today’s real estate landscape, appraisers, tasked with interpreting market signals and arriving at defensible value opinion, must navigate a terrain shaped by shifting and
Shifting currents in the development community - by David O'Sullivan

Shifting currents in the development community - by David O'Sullivan

October 31, 2025

We’ve entered a new season yet there’s a familiar mix of anticipation and uncertainty in Boston’s real estate development scene. The conversations have been plentiful, about housing shortages, construction costs, and regulatory reform, but the

From FDIC to private sales: The evolution of real estate auctions - by Justin Manning

From FDIC to private sales: The evolution of real estate auctions - by Justin Manning

October 31, 2025
I recently found myself in a conversation with some seasoned real estate investors who have been immersed in the world of property auctions for over three decades. As we reminisced, the conversation naturally drifted back to the late 1980s and early 1990s
How can you tell that an owner is actually ready to sell? Here are a few clues - by David Skinner

How can you tell that an owner is actually ready to sell? Here are a few clues - by David Skinner

October 31, 2025
If you would like to hear a question to which it is tough to give an interesting answer, it is, “How is the real estate business?” However, today, for the first time in quite a while, I have an interesting answer: deals are starting to sell.
Best practices for using an insurance broker - by Spencer Macalaster

Best practices for using an insurance broker - by Spencer Macalaster

October 31, 2025
Managing insurance broker relationships effectively is paramount to ensuring a successful and sustainable insurance risk management strategy. Historically, a risk manager may utilize the request for proposal (RFP) or some other competition to allow
Repositioning real estate assets with highest and best use studies - by Jim Hogan

Repositioning real estate assets with highest and best use studies - by Jim Hogan

October 31, 2025
What is a Highest and  Best Use Study?A highest and best use (HBU) study is a structured analysis used to evaluate the most profitable use of a real estate asset based on its physical condition, location,
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