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Market Basket floats plan to add 162 apartments and new shops to its 30-acre property

"We're in love with it. Our City Council is in love with it. Our entire community is in love with it."

Chelsea, MA · 2d

bestattractions.org

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These 7 Massachusetts malls that drew shoppers for decades are all being rebuilt, replanned, or put up for sale in 2026

Solomon Pond Mall's new owner plans industrial space. In December 2025, a federal district court approved the $8.5 million sale of Solomon Pond Mall, and the price covered only part of the property. Macy's and JCPenney own their stores and some of the parking, so the buyers, affiliates of Industrial...

Massachusetts · 11h
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Boston-area Proprty Developers Are Choosing Design-Build, and Avatar Construction Watertown MA Has Perfected this Process

NATIONAL NEWS (WATERTOWN, Mass.) — — Rising material costs, permitting delays, and tighter financing are changing how developers build in Greater Boston. More owners are skipping the traditional split between designer and contractor and choosing a single accountable team. Avatar Construction Watertown MA, a design-build general contractor serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire, says that shift is driving its continued growth.

Watertown, MA · 1d
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Natick’s 45 East Central St. has full house of retailers: Home decor, games, coffee, sushi & more

All six first-floor retail units at 45 East Central St., the mixed residential and retail building on the former St. Patrick’s School site, are now spoken for. Better yet, this looks to be no collection of boring businesses along Rte. 135. As we’ve been documenting along the way, tenants...

Natick, MA · 1d
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Target is knocking down a wall to expand in Somerville and add a full grocery area

The expansion of a Target store into an empty next-door building means fresh produce and other groceries to fill a food-shopping gap in Somerville’s Ward 2 neighborhood. The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved on Wednesday the expansion of a 92,000-square- foot Target store at 180 Somerville Ave. into a vacant space next door of 34,000 square feet, making for a combined space close to the department store chain’s typical size nationwide of about 130,000 square feet.

Somerville, MA · 1d

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$50 Million Pizza Brand Will Soon Have a New Owner, and a Big Change Is Coming

Founded in East Boston in 1961, Papa Gino’s is, for many New Englanders, a name that’s virtually synonymous with pizza. Now a prospective new owner hopes to make wings a bigger part of that identity. Craveworthy Brands has signed an agreement to acquire New England Authentic Eats LLC...

Boston, MA · 13h

everafterinthewoods.com

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8 Holiday Markets And Shops In Massachusetts That Will Put You In The Christmas Spirit Instantly

Who knew a candle company could have its own Bavarian Christmas Village tucked inside a shopping destination? I learned that, and I instantly wanted a field trip. That’s only one stop on this list. A few shops here sell ornaments all year long, even in July. One barn makes...

Massachusetts · 3d

Boston Globe

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Home of the Week: This 1966 deck house in Sudbury for $1.15m is a nature oasis

This four-bedroom home is a perfect example of why pre-fab deck houses were popular in leafy suburbs. Driveways are utilitarian constructs. But sometimes they serve a greater purpose, like the gravel version that winds, tree-shrouded, to this deck house sitting in a verdant clearing — a hardscaped source of serenity.

Sudbury, MA · 1d

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People in the news, Nov. 10

LCB Senior Living adds Ryan Snow as director of business development. Ryan Snow has been named director of business development at Norwood, MA-based LCB Senior Living. Before joining LCB Senior Living, Snow led development and acquisition growth initiatives at Continental Senior Communities. He also has held roles at Herbert J. Sims & Co., where he supported investment banking and advisory transactions for senior living owners, operators and investors.

Lincoln, MA · 1d

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Lupy Luxury Beauty Salon Grand Opening

Mayor Patrick Keefe and city officials joined business owner Maria G. Borjas at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lupy Luxury Beauty Salon located at 115 Broadway, Revere. Keefe congratulated Maria and her family, stating, “This is a wonderful day to celebrate a grand opening of a new business in our city, which is one of the best things that I like to do, because it tells me that we’re doing something right when people want to come and invest their hard-earned money and put their roots down in our city.”

Revere, MA · 9h

WBZ NewsRadio 1030

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Cambridge Installs Electric Smart Meters From Eversource

Cambridge Installs Electric Smart Meters From Eversource

Cambridge, MA · 1d

BC Heights

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Tiffany McCasland Braves Shark Tank: Investors Bite on “The Chair Blanket”

Like many Boston College students, Tiffany McCasland, BC ’02, spent her time on the Heights looking for internships and preparing for a career in communications. McCasland never imagined that more than two decades later, she would be on national television pitching a product she helped develop to a panel of investors.

Boston, MA · 2d

The Metrowest Daily News

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Framingham apartments ​for rent saw price decreases since last October

Renters in Framingham saw apartment listing prices decrease 10% from October 2025's median of $2,658, an analysis of new data from rental marketplace Zumper shows. The typical apartment listed for rent at $2,388 in October. Median listing prices in Framingham are trending 5% downwards from the previous month's $2,505 price. The data covers all bedroom sizes, ranging from studios to four-bedroom units, within the specified metropolitan area. It reflects the median rent for all listings that were active at any given point during the month, according to Russell Middleton, co-founder of Zumper. New construction is included in the data and listings that are currently occupied or no longer available are excluded. data.metrowestdailynews.com Out of 236 rental listings in Framingham, none are subsidized. One-bedroom apartments listed to rent at a median of $2,270, nearly the same as September, when they were $2,260. Since October 2025, one-bedroom rental prices dropped 7% from $2,430. Two-bedroom apartments listed for rent were basically flat to September at a central price of $2,740, compared to $2,760. Since October 2025, two-bedroom rental prices slightly dropped from $2,880. Statewide, Massachusetts rental listing prices are very close to September's median of $3,175. One-bedroom rentals were listed for a typical

Framingham, MA · 1d

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Wilder opens Trader Joes and Dion’s Wine & Liquor at The Crossing at Walkers Brook

According to Wilder, Trader Joe’s and Dion’s Wine & Liquors are now open at The Crossing at Walkers Brook, marking a major milestone in the ongoing re-merchandising of the 480,000 s/f shopping center. Located at 34 Walkers Brook Dr. (exit 57, I-95), the former single-tenant space previously occupied...

Reading, MA · 1d

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Six months in, Drake Village Mini Market has served more than half of residents—and fostered a sense of community

Program by Arlington EATS and Arlington Housing Authority already showing results. Editor’s Note: This story was funded by Symmes Memorial Fund, Inc., which was not involved in the reporting or editing of the piece. Every Thursday afternoon, Lynda Lowe, a retired emergency room nurse who lives at Drake Village,...

Arlington, MA · 1d

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Smoke Depot Applying for All-Alcohol Package Store License

The Smoke Depot located at 371A Centre Street is applying for an all-alcohol package store license. The Smoke Depot (according to its signage) currently sells lottery tickets, cigars, cigarettes, vape, and tobacco. If it received an all-alcohol package store license it could sell any alcohol that is legal in Massachusetts.

Boston, MA · 1d

newsfromthestates.com

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New Greater Boston housing data show recent progress but troubling signs for the future

A rallygoer protests the high cost of rent in Massachusetts at an Abundant Housing Massachusetts event on May 27, 2026. AN ANNUAL REPORT on the state of housing in Massachusetts’s most populous region offers a grim assessment of the housing crisis, just days after voters narrowly shot down a ballot question seeking to make it easier to build single-family homes on smaller lots.

Massachusetts · 1d

high-profile.com

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Mission Hill Pathway Breaks Ground

Boston, MA — Construction has begun on Mission Hill Pathway, a mixed-use development that will bring 48 affordable homeownership opportunities, publicly accessible green space and sustainability-focused design to Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, making it the largest affordable homeownership project in Boston. Following years of planning, community engagement and...

Boston, MA · 1d

hot969boston.com

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Rising Cost of Living Leaves Many Boston-Area Residents Financially Stuck, Survey Finds

In the Boston area, housing costs are straining household budgets. NBC10 Boston confirmed the finding on Friday, Nov. 6, after participating in a nationwide, unscientific study conducted by NBC-operated stations to uncover the biggest cost-of-living concerns facing consumers in the United States. According to NBC10, nearly 42% of the 396...

Boston, MA · 1d

WBUR

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Mass. farmers are aging. One family farm looks to the next generation

For the last 45 years, the Mong family has run Applefield Farm in Stow, about 30 miles west of Boston. The charming farm grows everything from corn and kale to scallions and pumpkins. Husband and wife Steven and Kirsten Mong first opened the farm in the 1980s, starting with just...

Stow, MA · 2d