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Archive for the 'schools and universities' category
UPDATE, AUGUST 2008: Nope. Didn’t happen.
A victim of the severe credit crunch, the Massachusetts Educational Financial Authority (MEFA) announced earlier this year that it might not be able to make new loans to college students.
To the relief of thousands of parents, this has changed.
From the Boston Business Journal:
[MEFA] plans to make fixed-interest student loans [...]
07/01/08 |
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From today’s Boston Business Journal:
Northeastern University has signed a short-term lease with the First Church of Christ Scientist for a building in the Back Bay.
The university plans to lease about 72,000 square feet at 101 Belvidere Street in Boston, Mass. from the church.
Northeastern signs lease at Christian Science Plaza - By Jesse Noyes, The Boston [...]
06/11/08 |
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We’re #1!
CNN has come out with a list of six cities where you might want to consider buying real estate (Boston, in this case, meaning “Greater Boston”, based on the map that accompanies the story):
One of the first places to experience the downturn, Beantown also appears to be among the first to rebound: In the [...]
04/30/08 |
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Welcome, college boys! And, girls.
From BU Today:
The Boston University School of Medicine (MED) recently purchased an 86,000-square-foot parcel of land on Albany Street, where someday soon an apartment building for medical students will rise.
“The addition of on-campus housing has been something that the medical school has talked about for decades,” says President Robert [...]
04/30/08 |
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Interesting idea being floated by a private developer (not sure how he benefits from this?).
Source: Suffolk sell-off eyed - By Scott Van Voorhis, The Boston Herald
As Suffolk University looks to build a new downtown campus away from its long-time Beacon Hill home, some are urging the school to consider selling off its valuable real estate [...]
04/27/08 |
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At the end of last year, the Boston City Council, by a vote of 9-0, passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for a private landlord to rent an apartment to more than four students. Landlords can still rent these apartments to more than four people, so families, etc., are not affected.
For some reason, [...]
04/09/08 |
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