Office vacancy rates in Central Massachusetts fell over the last year, following a trend throughout the eastern half of the state and indicating business growth, according to data from global real estate broker Colliers International.
The 495 North submarket, which has struggled with office vacancy and offered lease rates well below those found in neighboring regions, showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2013, according to Boston commercial real estate advisory firm Richards Barry Joyce & Partners (RBJ).
More homes and condos are selling at higher prices this year in the Bay State, according to data released today by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
New construction across the United States advanced 2 percent in August over July, buoyed by increases in home construction, as well as in public works and electric utilities, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial.
Bombay Duck Co., a Concord-based food processor that supplies specialty food stores across the United States, has moved to a new facility in the Acton Technology Center in Acton, according to a real estate broker involved in the transaction.