We love numbers and digging into how they tell a story. Below are a selected set of numbers we are closely monitoring as they contribute to the Greater Boston, or Massachusetts state economy, and in turn, the health and performance of commercial real estate. 

• 17.4 Percent unemployment rate in Massachusetts in June. 
• 460% Increase in passenger volume at Logan Airport from April to June. 
• 1,058+ Hotel rooms being rented by colleges/universities to house students and faculty. 
• 138,000+/- Number of students that typically come to Boston in the fall. 
• September 16 Date schools must begin instruction, per the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 
• 948,828 Students enrolled in Massachusetts for the 2019-2020 school year. 
• 60-70 Percent of pre-COVID-19 vehicle miles traveled in counties across the state save for Suffolk County (30-40%), per Mass DOT. 
• -88 Percent decline in T revenue in late June from the year prior, per MBTA. 
• 14 Number of Massachusetts companies to IPO in 2020, per Crunchbase.  
• 4 Number of IPOs in July, per the same source. 
• $6.53 billion Amount of VC funding to Massachusetts life science companies YTD, per Crunchbase. There was $6.55 billion in all of 2019. 
• 0 Number of major under construction projects that have stopped.