0 Fort Point Channel to get Boxing Yoga. Yes, Boxing Yoga

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Wil Catlin

Credit: Friends of Fort Point Channel

If you box and like yoga, Boston’s Innovation, Seaport, and Fort Point Channel has something for you: Boxing Yoga. I must admit, I do neither of those two activities. George Foreman, III, however, will be offering class at 15 Channel Center starting in December.

Boston.com writes, “the Boston Innovation District, or at least its edges, could soon be home to a luxury gym where George Foreman III plans to teach classes on the sweet science in new, innovative ways to a membership likely to include off-duty entrepreneurs, biotech types, and folks who’ve put on too much weight at the many new restaurants on the South Boston Waterfront.”

The full Boston.com article is available on its website: George Foreman III Brings Boxing Yoga to Fort Point Channel

0 Boston’s Small Businesses Leading the Recovery

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Wil Catlin

After just attending the Bisnow 2nd Annual State of the Seaport District it is very clear that small business are in fact leading the recovery. Dave Greaney, president of Synergy Investment, who’s company caters to these firms, has seen an impressive upswing in new tenants gravitating downtown and specifically to the Seaport/Innovation District. Rents have risen more than 50% in the last 24 months and are expected to continue to climb.

The Boston Globe reports, “From a bread maker in Andover to an auto parts maker in New Bedford, small businesses are reporting growing demand, increasing sales, and an improving outlook.”

More information on the Boston recovery is available on the Boston Globe website.

0 Boston Innovation District Adds 200 Companies in Three Years

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Wil Catlin

Photo Credit: innovationdistrict.org

Rents are above $40.00 PSF, vacancy is below 4 percent for Class B space, but the good news is the Innovation District is humming. Companies are willing to pay a premium to be located among their technology peers; as it pertains to recruiting, applicants would much prefer to be there than outside the city.

A Banker & Tradesman report, quoting the Boston Redevelopment Authority, states “in the past three years, more than 200 new companies and 4,000 new jobs have moved to Boston’s Innovation District.”

The article also notes that technology companies are leading the charge, accounting for 30 percent of the area’s new job growth.

For more insight, jump over to Banker & Tradesman’s coverage of the growth of Boston’s Innovation District.