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November 16, 2023

With Huge New Allston Campus Underway, Harvard Planning Head Discusses Vision For Area

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Harvard University broke ground earlier this month on its massive Enterprise Research Campus in Allston, a project that has for years been hailed as spurring "the next Kendall Square."

But the 387-year-old institution is looking to improve on the model of a tech hub that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pioneered across the river, Harvard Chief of Planning and Design Purnima Kapur said Tuesday.

With Huge New Allston Campus Underway, Harvard Planning Head Discusses Vision For Area

Kapur, speaking at Bisnow’s Boston Higher Education & University Development Summit at the Westin Copley Place, said that although Kendall Square has been the "poster child" for innovation hubs, there isn't much activity in the area after the workday is done. She said the vision for Harvard's new campus is one that…

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In a special town meeting on Tuesday, Brookline voted 207-33 in favor of passing zoning guidelines that could produce more than 1,500 new housing units, the Boston Globe reported.  For a town that has historically focused on community preservation rather than building new housing, the vote is a testament…

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'You're All Chasing Me': Tech Alone Is No Longer Enough For Brokers To Beat The Competition

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David Newman, a 25-year-old associate at Newmark in New York City, remembers exactly when he learned just how much brokers lean on data and technology, and the outcomes that can follow.

A ZoomInfo search helped him piece together that a company might need new space soon. He shot off an email, hoping to nab the firm as a client, and quickly received a reply — with scores of attachments. 

The response? A collection of other emails, all cold calls from other Newmark brokers, all of whom had come across the same information and made the same pitch. 

“The guy basically said, ‘you’re all chasing me,’” Newman said. “It was a lightbulb moment for me. How do I differentiate or get in there in a way in which I don't seem like everybody else doing outreach?” 

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