When it was constructed in 1889, the 13-story Ames Building was the first skyscraper in Boston. The wealthy Ames family owned the hugely successful agricultural tool business, Ames Plow, launched in the late 1770s. Ames Plow picked a pinnacle...

Marco's Pizza is hungry for a bigger slice of the $37 billion U.S. pizza industry. By the end of 2011, the Toledo, Ohio-based chain of pizza restaurants plans to operate 1,500 store locations in 40 states. If it achieves that objective, Marco's...

When the mother of all privatization deals was announced in November 2006, it rocked Wall Street and the REIT industry. A proposed buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust (EOP) by The Blackstone Group, a $20 billion deal not including debt, would...

While an ongoing housing correction has depressed residential land prices by more than 30% in some parts of the country, commercial property values are moving in the opposite direction, say experts. Such a substantial jump in commercial land...

More owners and retailers are returning to cities for sites, trying to tap into underserved markets and capitalize on the preference of Baby Boomers and Generation Yers for urban living. The days where everything was about greenfield development...