When it's time for me to go to the apartment complex workout room, I usually trudge on over until I get to the door. Like other rooms in the main leasing office building, there are security locks with combos where you must punch in some buttons which set off the sensors.

You know the drill.

So, on came tonight. All I needed was to use the stationary bike. As I approached the entry door to the workout room, it came time to punch in four buttons with...

The North End has long been one of Boston’s premier apartment rental markets. Known as Boston’s Little Italy, the North End offers residents one of the best culinary scenes in the city within walking distance to Downtown Boston. Unfortunately, it is this proximity to Downtown that’s left the North End apartment rental market reeling.

The pandemic has caused a supply glut of apartments in Boston we haven’t seen in decades. The excess inventory has been concentrated to a...