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The Postmark, developed by DiBiase Homes, is honored to be the recipient of the 2021 Gold PRISM Award for “Best Mixed-Use Community”. This re-development project started with the adaptive reuse and re-purpose of the original 1918 United States Post Office building. The original exterior façade was restored, using modern-day materials, while maintaining and enhancing the ...
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The Matrix Property Group manages real estate in the urban industrial, manufacturing, office and retail sectors of the Greater Boston market. The company has witnessed dramatic shifts in the use of, and demands on, real estate in these sectors. Every day we work to satisfy tenant requirements using our know-how of electricity, plumbing, heating ventilation ...
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The Matrix Property Group manages real estate in the urban industrial, manufacturing, office and retail sectors of the Greater Boston market. The company has witnessed dramatic shifts in the use of, and demands on, real estate in these sectors. Every day we work to satisfy tenant requirements using our know-how of electricity, plumbing, heating ventilation ...
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One of the Matrix managed properties, the Ames Business Park in Somerville, MA, was a winner in the IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) landscape contest for urban design $2,000+. The courtyard is a sustainable urban meadow where nature and the environment intersect with work. Congratulations to the Matrix Property team and it's subcontractors on ...
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In Somerville, shuttered factory now a hub of innovation The obituary of the Ames Safety Envelope Company was written in February 2010. The Somerville company had grown to about 600 employees in the mid-20th century, making sturdy envelopes, boxes, and file folders for medical records. But as the world started going digital, its business shrank, ...
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On July 18, Mayor Curtatone’s dream of making his hometown into “Innovation City” came one step closer to reality when Greentown Labs, a cleantech-focused startup incubator formerly based in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood, announced its decision to relocate to Somerville. Although home to innovation-oriented organizations such as Artisan’s Asylum andFringe Union, Somerville has not historically been a major ...
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The Innovators: Brooklyn Boulders Check out the video here! Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, with its 38,000 square feet of space and a ground floor the size of a football field, is actually more than a rock climbing gym it's a blank slate for innovation and collaboration, a unique hybrid community center ...
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Aeronaut Brewery opening in Union Square plans to double as startup accelerator Craft beer brewing is the unofficial pastime of Greater Boston’s startup community, but Ben Holmes is making it his full-time job. TBD Brewing, the tiny Union Square suds maker that has been operating out of a house, has rebranded as Aeronaut Brewery and ...
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Union Square is Hipster Central SOMERVILLE — Move over, Cambridge. These days, anyone seeking a countercultural adventure comes to Somerville. Some say it started with the end of rent control in 1995, a move that pushed Cambridge’s students and creative class to seek lower rents. Others point to the innovation-friendly city policies promoted by Mayor ...
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Aeronaut Brewery Ready for Liftoff Aeronaut Brewing Co. is crafting adventurous suds and a culture of local food and drink on the back streets of Somerville. It’s even the subject of a Mark Wahlberg-produced A&E pilot called “The Big Brew Theory.” The brewery opened in June, the handiwork of three MIT postgraduate beer buds, Ronn ...
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Artisan’s Asylum: Building dreams, one business at a time Watch the video here. A stranger offers me a ride, late one night by the railroad tracks, a few blocks from the Asylum. But he knows who I am. He calls me by name. He introduces himself. Puppy. I want to ask Puppy who he is, ...
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Artisan’s Asylum: A Warehouse of Creativity in the Old Ames Envelope Building The last time I was at the Ames Envelope factory building in Somerville, Mass. it produced envelopes and such. But the times have changed and it is now occupied by the Artisan’s Asylum. In the lobby of the Asylum I was met by ...
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Inside the Artisan's Asylum Spanning more than 40,000 square feet, the Artisan's Asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts, is one of the biggest makerspaces in America. At any given time, the place is swarming with all manner of artists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists. And it's home to some nifty projects, from theenormously successful, like the 3Doodler 3D ...
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'MBTAGifts' holds huge warehouse sale in Somerville Authentic transit memorabilia was marked down by as much as 75 percent Saturday during the first and possibly last MBTAGifts warehouse sale. Authentic transit memorabilia was marked down by as much as 75 percent Saturday during the first and possibly last MBTAGifts warehouse sale. The clearance event was meant to ...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Still looking for that unique gift for Christmas? How about a teddy bear emblazoned with an MBTA map? Maybe a cutting board with a picture of a Red Line trolley? Or silver cuff links made from antique T tokens? About 18 months ago, the MBTA started licensing its logo to a local ...
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SIDEWALK SALES APLENTY IN MARBLEHEAD Around 18 Marblehead businesses will also host sidewalk sales on Saturday. Among the deals, Kirribilla (1 State St, 781-639-1726, www.kirribilla.com) will have markdowns on fall transitional pieces and summer items; Pint Size and Up (41 Atlantic Ave., 781-639-3699, www.pintsizeandup.com) will have women’s jewelry and baby clothing and shoes marked down 50-75 percent; and The Spirit ...
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The start-up of Matrix Property is the result of many years of business experience in real estate development, construction and property management and Tom’s desire to share his company’s expertise with clients who want to “measure what is managed” and who value integrity and know-how. Tom’s skills have been tried-and-tested at the very successful Ames ...
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