Some retail landlords in Massachusetts will welcome medical marijuana treatment centers as tenants by the end of the year, and treatment center operators have recently had some good news regarding local land use and federal tax regulation of medical marijuana. Although many state governments are easing the path towards legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, local… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Municipalities RSS FeedRetail Business Incubators Bolstering Local Economies
Posted in Leasing, Municipalities, RetailVacancy rates are still well above historic levels in neighborhood and community shopping centers and on “main streets” nationwide – a lingering effect of the economic downturn in 2008-2009 . In response, some retail owners, nonprofits and municipalities are experimenting with retail business incubators as a means to fill vacancies and bolster the local economy…. Continue Reading
Whole Foods Faces Unique Form of NIMBY-ism in One Boston Neighborhood
Posted in Municipalities, Real EstateNIMBY-ism is nothing new for developers, retail and otherwise, who see their best-laid plans assailed by those averse to such “Not In My Back Yard” staples as traffic, density, building height and (often unspoken) poorer newcomers. In the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain (“JP”), however, Texas-based organic grocer Whole Foods faced NIMBY-ism of a unique… Continue Reading
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