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Catherine Carlock

@bycathcarlock.bsky.social
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That's Carlock, like you lock your car. Real estate reporter @bostonglobe.com. Watcher of cranes, sayer of y'all. There's always a real estate angle. 🏗️ 🏳️‍🌈

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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
How much is the city of Boston paying for its portion of the White Stadium redevelopment? In June, @nikigriswold.bsky.social asked. On Aug. 22, three weeks past the legal deadline, @boston.gov denied the request. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/28/m...
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City of Boston denies Globe records requests for internal cost projections for White Stadium project - The Boston Globe
In June, as questions about the project’s rising cost to taxpayers persisted, the Globe requested the full range of cost scenarios the city has calculated for its part of the public-private project.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Fifty years ago, the United States made a pledge: No child, no matter how complex their disability, would be deprived an education. That pledge never came true. via @bostonglobe.com
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Autistic children denied schooling amid lack of federal funding
The federal government has never fully funded special education, leaving schools across the country ill-equipped to teach children with severe disabilities. Today the US government contributes a mere ...
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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Proud of the @bostonglobe.com Summer Reading package that we launched this morning. Created by humans, for humans. 75 books! Something for everyone, I hope. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/a...
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75 new books to add to your summer reading list - The Boston Globe
Whether you’re looking for a romance novel to toss into your beach bag or something more mysterious to read on the lake house dock, this list of 75 books has something for every kind of reader.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 05/05/2025
The Boston Globe was a finalist for three Pulitzer Prizes — for public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary — award organizers announced.
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The Boston Globe recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalist in public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary - The Boston Globe
The Pulitzer Prize Board highlighted the Globe’s coverage of financial mismanagement at Steward Health Care and its impact on patients and their families for its public service award, one of the most ...
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Incredibly grateful and proud to be part of the @globespotlight.bsky.social team investigating financial mismanagement at Steward Health Care, which is now a @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social finalist for public service. www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Hi, @motherjones.com disabled disability reporter here, I really want to hear about how tariffs are impacting disabled, chronically ill, and aging folks. Reposts appreciated and my email is jmetraux@motherjones.com.
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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
NEW: In Providence, Superman’s redevelopment was supposed to be completed this spring, and be a stimulus for downtown’s revival. Instead, the site remains largely untouched, and the developer has gone silent. w/ @stephmachado.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/30/m...
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Stalled redevelopment of R.I.’s iconic ‘Superman’ building leaves downtown Providence in limbo - The Boston Globe
It’s a scenario playing out in cities around the country: office buildings sit empty, and projects seeking to revitalize them — and breathe life into struggling commercial areas — are on hold as costs...
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Rebecca Ostriker @rebeccaostriker.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Delighted to win first place investigative award (large) from @healthjournalism.org for @globespotlight.bsky.social series on Steward Health Care with my amazing @bostonglobe.com colleagues healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/04...
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AHCJ announces winners of 2024 health journalism contest
The Association of Health Care Journalists is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
In what has widely been viewed as a bellwether transaction, Boston real estate firm Synergy closed on its long-anticipated acquisition of 99 High St. for $227 million on Thursday. That's 17% less than the building’s prior owner paid two decades ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/b...
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Another major downtown tower sells at a steep discount as office market finds its post-COVID footing - The Boston Globe
A new owner is taking over the mortgage on 99 High Street at a substantial discount from its previous sale price.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“I just want people to know it’s all right to be themselves,” Pari Kim says. “You don’t have to mask your disabilities.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/o...
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‘Love on the Spectrum’ — and for the T - The Boston Globe
Pari Kim, a star on the third and latest season of “Love on the Spectrum,” has plenty of opinions about the MBTA.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
the national park service wiped boston lgbtq+ history from their websites due to trump's executive orders. community members worry this will impact their ability to fight back. for @bostonglobe.com:
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National Park Service scrubs Boston LGBTQ+ history in quiet purge of website - The Boston Globe
Historians say the deletions are part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to wipe LGBTQ+ history from the public record.
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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW: One of Providence’s skyline-defining towers was expected to be auctioned to the highest bidder on Thursday morning. But when prospective buyers arrived inside the building’s lobby, they were turned away. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/10/m...
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Wanna buy a skyscraper? Auction of Providence’s second-tallest tower postponed. - The Boston Globe
One Financial Plaza, a 28-story tower in the heart of downtown Providence with more than 300,000 square feet of office space, was recently foreclosed on.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Boston's fiscal 2026 budget is here. By the numbers: - $4.8 billion, up 4.4% from fy25 - $60 million in new growth (aka new construction) anticipated, down 31% compared to the past decade's average - property taxes comprise 71.7% of the budget, or $3.47 billion www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
sometimes real estate reporting is climbing a crane and then other times it's deciphering stuff like this
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Niki Griswold @nikigriswold.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
BREAKING: In a surprising reversal, prominent real estate developer Tom O'Brien has decided not to mount a challenge to unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this fall. By @bycathcarlock.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates. #bospoli #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/31/m...
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In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all - The Boston Globe
Developer Tom O'Brien will drop his bid for Mayor of Boston before it started.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
BREAKING: In a surprising reversal, prominent real estate developer Tom O'Brien has decided not to mount a challenge to unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this fall. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/31/m...
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In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all - The Boston Globe
Developer Tom O'Brien will drop his bid for Mayor of Boston before it started.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Prominent real estate developer Thomas N. O’Brien is expected to announce that he's challenging Mayor Michelle Wu in this fall's mayoral election, @nikigriswold.bsky.social, @leungboston.bsky.social, and I report for @bostonglobe.com. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/28/m...
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Developer Thomas O’Brien set to jump in to Boston mayor’s race, sources say - The Boston Globe
O’Brien, one of Boston’s most prominent real estate developers, plans to enter the race before Mayor Wu holds her own re-election kick off next Saturday.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It took just 82 seconds to make Boston real estate history on Friday, with public auction for the One Lincoln St. tower bringing in a top bid of $400 million. Here's my dispatch from the event: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/21/b...
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Downtown Boston office tower One Lincoln fetches $400 million at auction - The Boston Globe
In a first, a downtown Boston skyscraper was sold at auction on the sidewalk.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Those looking for fireworks at this morning's foreclosure auction of One Lincoln St. walked away disappointed — the auction has been delayed by 24 hours for undisclosed reasons, per auctioneer Samantha Saperstein. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/b...
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One of Boston’s skyline-defining towers is on the auction block — and expected to sell at a big discount - The Boston Globe
Five years after COVID upended the city’s office market, a long-delayed reckoning on the value of office towers is coming.
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Catherine Carlock @bycathcarlock.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Five years after Covid upended Boston’s office market, a long-delayed reckoning on the value of office towers is coming, with major implications on the city’s tax base and the future of downtown. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/b...
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One of Boston’s skyline-defining towers is on the auction block — and expected to sell at a big discount - The Boston Globe
Five years after COVID upended the city’s office market, a long-delayed reckoning on the value of office towers is coming.
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