0 Boston Taxis Launch Smartphone App to Compete with Uber

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Wil Catlin

Credit: Boston Business Journal

How do you prefer to traverse the city; Uber, Lift or a yellow taxi? The taxis of the city are trying to level the field by launching their own app.

According to the BBJ, “the app, which can connect with Apple Pay or Google Wallet, has already launched in Philadelphia and New York City. More than 1,400 of the 1,600 licensed taxis in Philadelphia are already equipped with Verifone payment systems for credit card acceptance and are ready for Way2ride…there are currently 1,825 licensed cabs operating in the city of Boston…A Boston taxi industry group spokeswoman said it was too early to tell if the app would be a step in the right direction. Taxi union spokeswoman Donna Blythe-Shaw said she was more concerned with the fact that taxis are still forced to comply with more stringent and often-complex regulations than ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft.

You can read the full article on the Boston Business Journal’s website.

0 Leasing Office Space in Boston: Do you start with Google?

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Wil Catlin

Your business is growing and you’ve just secured your second round of funding; how do you search for your new office? Do you rely on a market expert or do you prefer to go at it alone?

A recent survey from RE:Tech › Insight notes “more than one-forth (25 percent) of early stage tech startups search commercial real estate broker. When beginning their online search, 90 percent of tech startups directly search for office space online without a broker in mind…the survey found that three quarters (75 percent) of tech startups don’t search for commercial real estate brokers.”

0 Proposed Back Bay Tower on Stuart Street Revealed

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Wil Catlin

Please have a look at Back Bay’s newest proposed tower on Stuart Street. This will be 625,000 RSF on 26 floors.

Credit: BBJ

From the Boston Business Journal:

Boston-based insurance giant John Hancock has submitted its expanded project notification form to city officials, and with the document comes a broader look at the firm’s proposed 26-story Back Bay tower…John Hancock’s proposed 388-foot tower at 380 Stuart St. is slated to span 625,000 square feet, of which 10,000 square feet would be ground-floor retail. The tower would also include a four-level, 175-space underground parking deck.