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The tipping point for new hotels

From Eamon O’Marah Senior Vice President, Investment Development Jones Lang LaSalle The stars are aligned and market conditions point to a return to hotel construction in Boston. Our average daily room rate, revenue per available room, and occupancy rates are all rising. The downtown occupancy rate of 68.7% ranks higher than all but 4 of [...]

First and best – part 2

A number of iPad and iPhone apps for everything from up close and personal research tools, to a Digital Publishing Suite, and property marketing mini-sites were presented on the second call. The Boston Skyline is mobile version of our signature look at tower market dynamics. It’s primarily used to prepare for a meeting, with a [...]

First and best

Our Firsts program is a competition conducted at Jones Lang LaSalle twice annually that showcases best practices among our Communications, Marketing and Research teams. A wellspring of great ideas are shared with our colleagues from across the Americas. One of the 32 winning submissions recognized during today’s call was Jones Lang LaSalle’s Panama Canal expedition. [...]

New edition of Marketscape Monthly

From Lori Mabardi Research Manager Jones Lang LaSalle Our July edition of Marketscape Monthly shows that Boston’s real estate fundamentals continue to improve. Net absorption through Q2 has already reached 75% of full year 2010 levels. At 19.8% total vacancy, the metro is inching its way off the cyclical peak of 22.5%. This is starting [...]

Independence Day video

from Kasia Bytnerowicz AVP, Interactive Design Jones Lang LaSalle On Monday, my colleague Alouette Alexander and I took our camera around the Freedom Trail where we encountered locals, visitors, time-travellers from the Colonial times, and quite a number of adorable children — all bedecked in red white and blue and displaying the patriotic spirit. We [...]