Real Estate
Harvard to Spin Out Real Estate Management to Bain Capital
Harvard Management Company will outsource its real estate management team to Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital.
Harvard Expands Graduate Housing Amid High Demand
Harvard says it has continued to expand graduate student housing amid pressure to increase capacity due to high Cambridge housing prices.
Holden Green Residents Prepare Complaint About Living Conditions
Residents of the complex, many of them graduate students and professors, describe seemingly endless piles of dust, deafening jackhammering, and occasional water leakage.
Smith Campus Center to Feature Top Floor Bar
Set to open in September 2018, the renovated Smith Campus Center will feature a bar for Harvard affiliates on the building’s top floor, along with several new common spaces.
Cambridge Talks Lighting, Urban Wildlife at Weekly Meeting
Councillors and Cantabrigians talked affordable housing, light pollution, and bunnies at the City Council's meeting Monday.
Properties Housing Felipe's, Crema, and Cardullo's Up for Sale
The real estate deal could fetch more than $100 million and reshape the face of Harvard Square.
Becoming Jared Kushner
Although it is difficult to determine the structure of private corporations like Kushner Companies, mortgage documents obtained by The Crimson indicate that Jared Kushner was vice president of 10 corporations as an undergrad, each of which operated as a part of Kushner Companies.
City Council Pressures Harvard Square Theater Owner to Make Plans for Property
Cambridge city officials are pushing the owners of the long-vacant Harvard Square Theater to come up with a plan for its future soon—and threatening to seize the site if they do not.
With an External Real Estate Team, HMC May Face Increased Fees
Experts say that if the real estate team continues to do business with Harvard Management Company as an external management unit, it could earn salaries well above what members of the team drew in at HMC for doing mostly the same job.
Rent for Harvard Apartments Will Increase 3 Percent On Average
Rent for apartments owned by Harvard University Housing will increase an average of 3 percent in the 2017-2018 school year, drawing criticism from some graduate students who live in the apartments.
Allston Task Force Returns from Summer Break with Two Resignations
Two longtime task force members offered their resignations and Allston residents heard the first details about the new Trader Joe’s slated to open on Western Ave. next year in an action-packed meeting of the Harvard-Allston Task Force on Monday night.
Harvard's gifts from donors
Harvard's donations include minerals, stamps, art, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Arnold Arboretum.
City Council Meeting Focuses on Increasing Affordable Housing
At its Monday meeting, the Cambridge City Council tackled issues ranging from the affordable housing crisis, to a potential medical marijuana dispensary, and prescription drugs disposal.
Continuum Development Struggles to Lease Space
Though Continuum aims to invigorate North Allston by uniting town and gown, early lease sales at the new residential and retail complex have come in fits and starts, according to local real estate experts.
