News: Front Section
Posted: May 15, 2008
Mass. Bar Assn. and partner, Lawyers EcoChallenge, honors four law firms leadership in greening practice
The Mass. Bar Association and its Lawyers Eco-Challenge partner, the Conservation Law Foundation, honored four law firms for exemplary leadership in greening the practice of law on May 14th during the reception at the Salem Waterfront Hotel.
More than 50 lawyers, firms and organizations that have signed the MBA Lawyers Environmental Pledge were recognized at the reception.
Lawyers who signed up became pledge partners and agreed to adhere to: energy conservation, paper reduction, recycling, greenhouse gas reduction, environmentally conscious purchases, sustainable practices, education and support for environmental conservation.
The honorees and some of their accomplishments are as follows:
Borchers Ware & Guglielmo, Medway
*Created standards to telecommute from home one day every three weeks.
Milton, Laurence & Dixon, Worcester
*Worked with landlord to install motion activated faucets and soap dispensers in lavatory
McRoberts, Roberts & Rainer LLP, Boston
*All staff commute to the office using public transportation
Modern Times Legal, Cambridge
*Contributed to the N.E. Wind Fund.
MORE FROM Front Section
Quick Hits
STAY CONNECTED
SIGN-UP FOR NEREJ EMAILS
Columns and Thought Leadership
Shawmut Design and Construction breaks ground on the 195 District Park Pavilion in Providence, RI
Providence, RI Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 195 District Park Pavilion, marking the start of construction on a facility that will feature year-round dining and support space for park operations. In addition to the 3,500 s/f building, the project will include infrastructure upgrades
The New England Real Estate Journal presents
the First Annual Project of the Year Award! Vote today!
The New England Real Estate proud to showcase the remarkable projects that have graced the cover and center spread of NEREJ this year, all made possible by the collaboration of outstanding project teams. Now, it's time to recognize the top project of 2024, and we need your vote!
Investing in a falling rate environment - by Harrison Klein
Long-term interest rates have fallen by 100 basis points, and the market is normalizing. In December of 2022 I wrote an article about investing in a high interest rate, high inflation market. Since then, inflation has cooled off, and the Fed has begun lowering their funds rate.
The 2024 CRE markets: “The Ups” (industrial) and “The Downs” (Boston class B/C office) - by Webster Collins
The industrial markets have never been stronger. What has happened is that the build out of Devens with new high-tech biotech manufacturing with housing to service these buildings serves as the connector required to really make the I-495 West market sizzle. Worcester has been the beneficiary