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March 2, 2021

Where Boston's Mayoral Hopefuls Stand On The Issues Most Pressing To CRE

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Boston’s next mayor will inherit a slew of issues affecting the city’s commercial real estate leaders.

Four elected officials are vying for Mayor Martin Walsh’s seat, as the development-friendly leader awaits an expected confirmation to become the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. Small but steady office and multifamily developer dollars have already backed candidates whose platforms currently are light on policy pitches eight months away from polling.

Where Boston's Mayoral Hopefuls Stand On The Issues Most Pressing To CRE

Major CRE priorities for the next administration include advancing affordable housing, carefully handling a life sciences boom and leading an economic rebound in the city’s business districts decimated by the pandemic, industry leaders said. While some hopefuls have a track record of housing reform efforts, only one has laid out a large plan…

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As more coronavirus vaccines are approved and made available, employers are increasingly signaling they could require workers to get immunized before returning to the office, a new survey shows.

Nine in 10 senior-level executives queried by workplace health care concierge service Eden Health said they would require vaccinations from their workforce within federal guidelines, in a survey of 400 executives across a wide range of industries conducted in December. A large majority of the executives said they would look to provide their staff with vaccines if possible and incentivize inoculation.

Survey: 90% Of Employers Could Look To Require Vaccines For Office Return

Eden Health surveyed leaders from construction, manufacturing, warehouse, scientific and other office-using firms with between 51 and 5,000 employees. Seventy percent said they plan to offer the COVID-19 vaccine on-site to their workforce once it’s widely available. They also plan to offer incentives, such as lower personal protective equipment requirements, offering wellness programs and…

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The lagging office leasing market continues to hurt the major commercial real estate brokerage firms, but their capital markets activity has recovered faster than expected. 

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Developer Launches ‘Eatertainment’ Chain In Bet On Quick Retail Bounce Back

The developer of a massive youth sports complex in Emerson, Georgia, is hoping to capture demand for entertainment-themed restaurants with his new venture as Atlanta emerges from the pandemic economy.

Atlanta-based Competitive Social Ventures is opening four theme restaurants — three in Metro Atlanta and one in Winston-Salem, North Carolina — and plans to build a chain of entertainment-focused restaurants throughout the Southeast, Managing Partner Neal Freeman said.

With investment from principals of Atlanta real estate firms Mayfair Street Partners and Hotel Equities, CS Ventures is launching a retail business focused around in-person dining and experience after a year of pain in the space. 

“The consumer has just made that loud and clear that they want to experience life and they want to experience retail and they want to record it and they want to share it,” Freeman said. “It's definitely the wave of the future.”

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