CEO Matthew A. Rieger says expanding the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is the most effective way to build affordable housing.

New companies that have seemingly little to do with commercial real estate are transforming how industrial space is used.

The firm, which provides care and support to older adults and people with disabilities in their homes and community-based settings, has signed a long-term lease for 76,313 square feet of space at the landmark Sullivan Center at 1 S. State St.

The improved ranking, while praised by local officials, does not change the Trump administration's stance on the stalled $11-billion Gateway Tunnel program, however.