@jonchesto

Boston-based journalist on the hunt for Bay State business news, the perfect marathon, long-lost '80s tunes, and the planet's best chocolate frappe.

 Boston, MA
Joined August 2009
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@jonchesto #mabiz BJ’s Wholesale club gives employees $25 M for 42nd anniversary bostonglobe.com/2026/10/13/b… via @BostonGlobe

BJ’s Wholesale club hands out $25m to employees to celebrate 42nd anniversary - The Boston Globe

The Marlborough-based retailer has nearly 270 clubs and seven warehouses across 22 states.

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Thank you @JonChesto and @BostonGlobe for covering our recent exciting announcement. Read the article: bostonglobe.com/2026/09/30/b…
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Missing in all the grand opening hoopla .. the space is CH91 regulated, @jonchesto do we think it principally fits the Public amenities requirement — cultural, recreational, educational, or community facilities that provide a meaningful public benefit. 🤔 bostonglobe.com/2026/10/07/b…

The Life Time fitness-club chain is moving in with Fidelity on Seaport pier - The Boston Globe

Memberships will cost $369 a month when the club opens in 2027.

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Edward Kodzis@EdKodzisSep 26
Big wind day!!...wholesale price 2.5 cents/kwh...but through convoluted wisdom and acontract to shift risk to consumer from developers, we are paying wind providers 10 cents per kwh..@jonchesto
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Today, @nickcollinsma & I wrote @USACEHQ on the Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study. For many years, we have seen the impacts of sea level rise on our communities. Inaction is not a viable option for the long term public safety & economic vitality of Boston! #bospoli
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.@jonchesto always brings his A Game with the history. One of a kind. Former owners of Wonderland dog park secure $16M settlement with Revere over eminent domain taking… bostonglobe.com/2026/09/15/b…

Former owners of Wonderland site secure $16.5 million settlement with Revere over eminent domain...

CBW Lending will receive a total of $46 million for the site, now becoming a new high school.

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Commercial space users have always seen the financial sense in leasing and most of them do that as opposed to buying. Buying makes sense sometimes. Sometimes great sense, but leasing is the norm. Slowly, residential is following suit. Very slowly. #MultiFamily @jonchesto #CRE
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Renting in Boston is now nearly $34,000 a year cheaper than buying. According to Zillow: 🏠 Typical rent: $3,074/month 🔑 Typical new buyer cost: $5,903/month 💰 Difference: $2,829/month 📈 Annual savings from renting: $33,948
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Brand new to market, with our partner @128InTheLoop: Fleet Logistics/Dispatch Campus in Newton, just off MassPike & Route 128❗️ •2.66 acres with 158 🅿️ spots •10,888 SF industrial/office #CRE @jonchesto (aerial drone 🎥 & more details in the immediate replies. DM to chat)
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Calling for a hearing on San Francisco’s reduced affordable housing regulations. Cities are temporarily lowering the affordable % because w/ no housing built in this tough economy, there are also less affordable units. I filed legislation to go back to 13% for 5 years.#bospoli
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.@jonchesto: Take a look inside Fidelity’s new headquarters. Workers are full time in office starting next week. bostonglobe.com/2026/09/04/b…

Take a look inside Fidelity’s new headquarters. Workers are full time in office starting next week....

For many employees, the debut of the 840,000-square-foot building on Commonwealth Pier in the Seaport is not just a change in venue, but also a change in commuting days.

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Ian Cain@ichuckcainAug 25
Grateful to @jonchesto and @BostonGlobe for the coverage of @QUBIC_LABS. Two weeks ago we asked our community to invest in what comes next. What came back has been overwhelming. bostonglobe.com/2026/08/24/b…

Quincy fintech incubator Qubic Labs seeks support after losing out on state grant - The Boston Globe

The organizers of Boston Blockchain Week are looking for more funding.

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#mabiz #mapoli @RetailersofMA @jonchesto Downtown attacks prompt civic leaders to hold public safety meetings bostonglobe.com/2026/08/04/b… via @BostonGlobe

Downtown attacks prompt civic leaders to hold new meetings on public safety - The Boston Globe

Leaders in government, business, and law enforcement will gather on Wednesday in the biggest summit to address the issue since last fall.

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.@jonchesto: MCCA looks to hire PR firm(s) My take: Given MCCA’s track record of inequities, particularly inside deals w/respect to jobs & contracts, I hope to see 1 or more young firms hired, amplifying a clear msg that under Barros things have changed. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/21/n…
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The ultimate leverage generating attempt. Small chance this deal happens. It’s all about Chicago & Illinois respectively sharpening their ✏️✏️. Don’t forget, Robert Kraft had an LOI executed for a Patriots move to Hartford CT years ago. This is #CRE 101. #NFL @jonchesto
Front Office Sports
@FOSJun 6
The Bears are formally moving ahead with a planned $5 billion domed stadium and mixed-use development in Hammond, Indiana. “It will bring Chicagoland together,” Bears owner George McCaskey and president and CEO Kevin Warren said in a joint statement.

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Replying to @sdiver100 @jonchesto @leung
Privatization of public space for profit — even when violating existing #Ch91 licenses — has been a Conventures trademark. Has the Globe even once reported on violations? Called DEP asking for permits? Spent a single calorie researching? No. But Regan gets a shout-out. Pathetic.
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Replying to @FortPointer @jonchesto @leung
Sail Boston has never been as positive for the city as its backers claim. Very negative impacts for attractions/restaurants that aren't REALLY close to the water.
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"The country that packaged itself as a friendly American outpost in both its art and in its tax code, is now producing a cohort that no longer has any interest in that same package." irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished

Kneecap, Sally Rooney and the comedian Vittorio Angelone ask a question the State has avoided for years: what is all of this for, if not for us?

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Replying to @EdforBoston @jonchesto @leung @nikigriswold @bostonherald @BosBizJournal @boston25 @7News @wbz @WCVB @maureencaught
Eliminating parking minimums helps the housing crisis. Parking Requirements Are Driving Up the Cost of Multifamily Housing Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies jchs.harvard.edu/blog/parkin…

Parking Requirements and Foundations Are Driving Up the Cost of Multifamily Housing

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#mabiz @jonchesto @Boston_Rooney Greater Boston Chamber offers up prescription for fixing housing woes bostonglobe.com/2026/06/04/b… via @BostonGlobe

Greater Boston Chamber offers up prescription for fixing the state’s housing woes - The Boston Globe

The business group is seeking a cap on affordable housing requirements, along with a moratorium on new energy efficiency codes.

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Developers continue to report that Boston’s affordable & environmental requirements are worsening our housing crisis. Instead of working with them to build, city councilors now want to remove parking. We need to address the housing crisis instead of parking purity tests! #bospoli
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