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LOWELL CEO Yun-Ju Choi will step down from her position next June after nearly 10 years of leading the nonprofit, member-based community development organization Coalition for a Better Acre.
LOWELL Erik Gitschier began his municipal career in Lowell as a sanitation worker in the former Ashes and Waste Department. Although he’s a long way from picking up trash, he brings that same get-his-hands-dirty approach to his work on the city council.
RK Centers acquired a 415K SF grocery-anchored shopping center in Attleboro for $70M, plus the rest of Greater Boston's top commercial real estate transactions.
The inability of many prospective homeowners to find a property they can afford has forced them to remain renters, which predictably has jacked up the price of those leases, especially in the Greater Boston area.