10 tallest buildings under construction or in development around the world

Patrick Sisson

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright once proposed The Illinois, a mile-high skyscraper set on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, a towering giant of a building powered by atomic

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Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston

In much the same way that the middle-class is unlikely to enjoy a renaissance in Boston, developers are unlikely to ever pierce 800 feet in terms of building height.

At least not for the foreseeable future.

The city’s tallest building by 2020 will be the same as it is today: 200 Clarendon (the former Hancock), [...]

By Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston.

The owner of the Art Deco office building at 50 Post Office Square in Boston’s Financial District is planning to erect a new lobby on High Street with a 35-foot glass curtain and an indoor-outdoor LED [...]

By:Elina Tarkazikis
Elina Tarkazikis is a reporter for National Mortgage News.

Servicers continue to face data management challenges, particularly during loan onboarding and transfers. Blockchain technology may hold the key to resolving those issues.

With blockchain's ability to streamline data distribution procedures, the technology could help make servicing processes more [...]

Welcoming the Year of the Dog

By Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston

York City is closer than ever to enacting congestion pricing—that is, charging most motorists a fee for driving in and out of Manhattan’s main commercial districts. 

The idea has the backing of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the sort-of backing, or at least not outright opposition, of New York Mayor (and [...]

By David L. Harris  –  Associate Managing Editor, Boston Business Journal

Starting today, Boston's newest movie theater, the Kerasotes ShowPlace Icon, will play a starring role as an anchor tenant in the massive One Seaport development in the Seaport [...]