Soon, they say – end of March – the first of five new restaurants will open at Liberty Wharf, the $65 million development on the site of the former Jimmy’s Harborside. The first to open will be a Mexican restaurant, Temazcal Tequila Cantina. It’s not going for your average Tex-Mex fare. On the menu: roast [...]

Talk about a shot in the arm for the Seaport District. It finally looks like Fan Pier will no longer be the parking lot wasteland by the sea. Cambridge pharmaceutical firm Vertex signed a letter of intent to move to Fan Pier and build two adjacent buildings in a 1 million square-foot development. Development of [...]

The Liberty Hotel now has new co-owners and what’s more, the Liberty is now an affiliate of Starwoods Hotels & Resorts’ “The Luxury Collection” of properties. The new co-owner (no one will say if it’s a controlling interest) is Connecticut-based HEI Hotels & Resorts. The original developer, Carpenter Co. also boosted its investment, so the [...]

Again, there’s definitely some light at the end of this long tunnel. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Beige Book report sums up the regional economy as “generally positive, albeit moderate.” Among the sectors reporting steady though moderate growth: manufacturing, retail and business services. Of course, residential real estate remains “in the doldrums” but commercial [...]

Developer Joseph Fallon is showing the city today his plans for a 15-story mix of retail and commercial space right on Boston Harbor, adjacent to the new Fed courthouse on Fan Pier. The idea is for retails and shops to occupy the bottom floors, and floors two to seven (that’s six floors) to be laboratory [...]

There’s just a small item in Banker & Tradesman on their recent survey of bankers, commercial real estate and other industry types (conducted with Bannon & Co.). The news isn’t half bad: more than 60 percent of those polled thought 2011 would bring “moderate” improvement in the economcy this year. Only 15 percent think it [...]

Boston Massachusetts Mortgage Rate Update is a resource for potential Homeowners and current Mortgage Borrowers to understand what economic data is relevant and what the situation is with mortgage Interest Rates. Brian Cav will provide a opinion as to whether you should lock or float your Home Mortgage.

The nation’s homebuilders are throwing their support behind a $6 billion proposal to provide rebates to homeowners who make energy-saving home improvements.
President Barack Obama announced the so-called ‘Cash for Caulkers’ program earlier this week.
Economists for the National Association of Home Builders estimate that every $1 billion in remodeling and home improvement activity generates 11,000 jobs, [...]

From today’s Boston Herald: Film celebrates long history of Hub department store. A one-hour documentary about the original Filene’s Basement in Boston’s Downtown Crossing will premiere this spring. More than five years in the making, the film recounts the now-closed Basement’s history and stories of its workers and shoppers – including, “60 Minutes” newsman [...]

What music does the IRS play when they put you on hold?
Answer: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Yes, the same IRS with enough individual forms to decimate an entire rain forest came up with: one song. Therefore, you hear “The March” ad nauseum for the entire duration of your stay on hold. Which could be hours – [...]