New clip online now. It’s a B&T story that turned into a cover for The Prospect, a bimonthly glossy magazine that B&T’s parent company publishes.
In it, I explain to the good people of Hartford why half their downtown skyline may soon be in foreclosure.
It’s an inside look at how the city’s biggest commercial landlord fell into trouble with foreclosures, souring loans and lawsuits. Thanks to you, Mr. Suhead Writer.
And it can be found online here.
The Awl put an intern to work recently and dug up like 9257 nasty things that the New York Post said about NY Daily News exec – and Boston Properties chairman – Mort Zuckerman, before abruptly almost endorsing his candidacy for US Senate, which has not even been announced yet.
And here are the highlights.
Today’s Globe features a boilerplate trend-tastic bit about Bostonians who live on boats. The piece speaks to Bostonians who live on boats, who complain about bills and sometimes tell funny stories, and cites some statistics which illustrate the trend as a growing one.
The author also has the good sense to know what to do with this quote, which is, run it high: “When the water hasn’t frozen and the boat’s not sinking, it’s really not that bad.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time the literate public has been introduced to funny people who live in boats in Boston Harbor. The New Yorker led a long piece a year ago by introducing us to a Russian expat who now now lives nautically.
That dude doesn’t float around town because it’s trendy or cheap, though. He views his boat as a “survival capsule,” because, he argues, “we don’t have to wait long before sail-based transportation is the only option.” He’s a dystopian awaiting the end of the world. With a bitchin’ skyline view.
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This week’s issue of Banker & Tradesman, online now, is loaded with commercial real estate gore.
I write about an old-guard Boston office building teetering on the edge of foreclosure, and a pair of malls in western Mass. that aren’t too far behind.
Plus, a Q&A with broker (and Terrier hockey fan) Duncan Gratton of FHO Partners.
Even more news! There’s a super-hottt investigation into residential shadow inventory, and a look at the fight between Liberty Mutual and Aspen. Podcastic extras included.
It’s all far more scintillating than the Nordic Combined.
And for those who ask, but what about that ad for a foreclosure auction at 31 Milk St. that I saw in today’s Herald classifieds? I can only say, oh man, just wait for next week.
Here’s one good thing about not getting hit with a like seven feet of snow: With just a quarter-inch of snow on the ground, Pete Bouchard doesn’t feel the slightest temptation to make unintentional references to his genitalia.
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Here’s a funny thing about the Foodmaster in Somerville: The soup is stocked in an aisle directly across from the cans of cat food. It’s as if the grocer is saying, “Can’t afford this anymore? Well, perhaps you might be interested in this other thing right over here.”
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I’m on the Green Line two days ago, and we pull into Copley. The driver gets on the horn and says, “If you’re looking to go to Arlington, it’s gonna be a while.” Suggesting that people get out and walk the two blocks. Which they do. Myself included.
On the plus side, my nice walk from Copley to Fort Point afforded me the chance to see Byron Barnett calling in a report from a Dunkin’ Donuts teeming with homeless people. Good times.
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Funny. On the same day one Boston political insider asks me, “What has Scott Brown ever passed? What happens when this guy has to stop reading his clips and actually start working?” Brown gives us this, via the Herald:
“I don’t believe they’re going to say, ‘If you’re not with us we’re going to hold these committee assignments,’ I think I’m going to be treated pretty fairly,” Brown said about his renegade status, adding he takes issue with any political arm-twisting. “If that happens I’ll be very public about it, and I think it will upset the populace … I was being talked about a lot. The tone of the conversation was ‘We need to be more transparent, we need to solve problems,’ and if I’m creating that type of dialogue, I’m very grateful.”
