Grant Welker

Mighty Squirrel Brewing Co. will open its third taproom next year at Arsenal Yards in Watertown, where it has already operated a seasonal beer garden. Here's more on that and other local retail news.

Williams College will build a new art museum and a student recreation center as part of a $106 million bond issued by MassDevelopment.

The Paper Store is making moves both geographically and beyond its standard store format as part of a plan to add 10 stores a year and remodel others. Here's more on that and other local retail news.

Boston-area shoppers are estimated to spend upwards of $2,000 this holiday season, between gifts, experiences and decorations, according to the results of a new Deloitte survey.

Only a nine-campus public university campus system recorded more patents last year than MIT. Here's where other Massachusetts colleges landed on the list.

The state’s new free community college program has led to a 14% jump in enrollment this fall, while the state university campuses saw the first enrollment increase since 2013.

The Lenox Hotel in Back Bay is ready to unveil two of its three new food and drink concepts late next week.

A decade after its founding, the Boston activewear and footwear company Tracksmith has found success by targeting what founder and CEO Matt Taylor calls those "committed to that pursuit" of running.

Wrentham Village Premium Outlets is adding the clothing retailers Hollister and Gilly Hicks this month, and Moncler is set to join them in time for the holiday shopping season. Here's more on that and other local retail and restaurant news.

Harvard’s industry-leading endowment surpassed $53 billion last fiscal year thanks to investment gains of 9.6%, beating many of its peers who have reported numbers so far this fall.

More than a dozen local university leaders earned more than $1 million in total compensation in their most recently reported fiscal year. Two made more than $2 million.

Former Steward hospitals are under new ownership, another has emerged from bankruptcy and UMass Memorial Health has added another. Here's where things stand among Massachusetts facilities.

Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team apologized on Wednesday for a branding campaign accompanying the team’s new name with a cheeky “Too Many Balls” tagline.

A new Whole Foods Market has opened on Cape Cod, and a cluster of new retailers are set to join it. A brewery south of Boston won't close after all. Here's more on that and other retail news.

Female leaders in the Boston area’s life sciences industry talked about their leadership styles, their career paths and the role that mentorship can play in a male-dominated industry at a Boston Business Journal event.

The Boston Business Journal has named seven honorees as this year’s Women Who Mean Business, including the program’s first lifetime-achievement award recipient.

An 11% investment return on Brown University’s endowment pushed the school’s fund past $7 billion, the college announced last week.

Curious which grocery stores have the greatest market share in the Boston area? Here's a county-by-county look.

Suffolk University's new student-run thrift shop saves items from the landfill, helps students avoid spending on new things, and offers experience in running and marketing a shop.

Two former executives of Marriott and Sodexo are launching a Boston-area hospitality company that seeks to go nationwide providing high-quality meals at senior-living communities.