Scott Van Voorhis
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Writer at Engineering News-Record (ENR)
Writer at Contrarian Boston
Reporter in Greater Boston for three decades. I put out a newsletter, Contrarian Boston, that covers local politics, development, and everything in between.
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3 weeks ago |
scottvanvoorhis.substack.com | Scott Van Voorhis
Parroting Wu’s attack lines at the Globe | What in the world were they thinking in Quincy? | Price explosion in Boston’s suburbs | Dive into the Bay State’s energy crisis with Contrarian Boston on June 26 | Quick hits |News tips? Story ideas? Email us at [email protected] independent journalism and reporting. Become a paid Contrarian Boston subscriber today.
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4 weeks ago |
bankerandtradesman.com | Scott Van Voorhis
One of the Boston area’s most expensive yet fastest-growing clubs, will cost you seven figures to join. Fortunately, if you don’t have the cash on hand, you can spread your payments over 30 years. That would be the million-dollar town club: Boston-area suburbs where the median sale price of a home now tops $1 million.
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1 month ago |
bankerandtradesman.com | Scott Van Voorhis
Dismal, with a side order of jittery buyers. That would be one way to describe spring real estate market as it limps towards an inglorious finish. Traditionally a buoyant time of higher sales activity and jam-packed open houses, there were hopes heading into this spring of at least a modest improvement and maybe even more in the volume of sales.
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1 month ago |
bankerandtradesman.com | Scott Van Voorhis
When it comes to NIMBY opposition that derails plans for new housing, it’s not just the neighbors raising a stink. Sometimes it’s rival developers worried about the competition. Boston has a long history of rival developers feuding over projects. And while falling-outs among former partners are the most common, sometimes it’s simply a case of one property bigwig not wanting another to build next door for one self-interested reason or another.
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1 month ago |
bankerandtradesman.com | Scott Van Voorhis
Greater Boston’s reeling lab market is about to go from bad to worse. In fact, a lot, lot worse. The battered life sciences sector is already sitting on enough empty lab space to fill 16 Prudential towers. Demand for new research facilities is slim to none after a massive wave of overdevelopment and subsequent retrenchment in the once red-hot life sciences sector.
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