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• July 24, 2013
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  Davis Cos. Buying Burlington Centre for $110M as TA Seen Winning 25 Mall Rd. at Hefty $77M

  July 24, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BURLINGTON—Investment fervor for office product in this Route 128 suburb continues at a blistering pace during the normally torpid summer season, an intense craving among capital evidenced in the pending purchase of Burlington Centre by a partnership of the Davis Cos. and Principal Financial. Eastdi

• July 22, 2013
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  Cornerstone RE Tabbed as Buyer of 99 Summer St.; Eastdil Listed Tower Could Top $110M

  July 22, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The owner of a prominent office tower in downtown Boston is selling 99 Summer St. to an affiliate of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, CRE sources are relaying to therealreporter.com. The 20-story, 272,600-sf structure has been owned by Normandy Real Estate Partners since that New Jersey base

• July 19, 2013
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  Fannie/Freddie Reform a Wise Choice

  July 19, 2013 | James M. Murphy

  BOSTON—It’s hard to believe that five years have passed since our nation’s devastating real estate crisis. After a multi-billion dollar taxpayer bailout to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two companies—more accurately, government sponsored enterprises (GSEs)—are posting record profit

• July 10, 2013
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  RBJ officeSTATus: Greater Boston Net Absorption Up 2.6 MSF Since Mid-2012

  July 10, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—It is all good—or nearly so—for the region’s office market, according to a mid-year review by Richards Barry Joyce & Partners that has only a fraction of submarkets posting negative numbers, and even those red results should be presented with a degree of optimism, according to RBJ Senior VP o

• July 09, 2013
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  Related Beal Pegged as Buyers of Fidelity HQ; CBRE Listing Agent of 343,000-SF Hub Asset

  July 09, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The longtime headquarters of Fidelity Investments, encompassing an entire block in Boston’s Financial District, is being purchased by a partnership of the Beal Cos. and Related Cos., sources are relaying to therealreporter.com. “I’m told they have it under agreement,” one source says of the o

• June 26, 2013
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  Cambridge Lab Market Regains Aura - Space Tightens

  June 26, 2013 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — These days, this city’s biggest commercial real estate competition appears to be internal, at least when it comes to the struggle to find space in the ever-tightening East Cambridge district. The latest bioSTATus review from Richards Barry Joyce & Partners says demand for office space

• June 25, 2013
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  Invesco Tabs C&W to Sell One Liberty Sq.; Experts Put Pricing in $50M Range for ‘Jewel Box’

  June 25, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—As “jewel box” buildings go, One Liberty Square is a rather imposing bauble, which may explain why the curved, ornate structure that consumes an entire Financial District block is anticipated by some to fetch upwards of $50 million after being listed for sale this week by Cushman & Wakefield.

• June 20, 2013
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  DiCicco Gulman Review Sees A/E Firms Gaining

  June 20, 2013 | Mike Hoban

  WOBURN — A soon-to-be-released study by market specialist DiCicco, Gulman & Co. indicates that local architectural and engineering firms are finally enjoying a steady increase in work as the economy continues its recovery. “Slow and steady is what we’re seeing in the numbers and in talking with firm

• June 19, 2013
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  Marcus Pays $14.5 Million for 111 Speen St., 110,000-SF Framingham Gem

  June 19, 2013 | Joe Clements

  FRAMINGHAM—A well-known local firm has entered the fray in the exchange of 111 Speen St. by RREEF, as Marcus Partners on Tuesday paid a reported $14.5 million to secure the first-class, 110,000-sf property with financing from Cambridge Savings Bank. Richards Barry Joyce & Partners has now been retai

• June 18, 2013
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  JLL Listing 5 Burlington Woods; Sale of 103,000-SF Office Building Could Near $25M

  June 18, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BURLINGTON—A 103,000-sf office building overlooking Route 128 at the Route 3A interchange is being listed for sale through Jones Lang LaSalle, market sources are telling therealreporter.com. By some estimates, the first-class property could yield close to $240 per sf on behalf of a partnership lied

• June 13, 2013
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  One Week After $34M Newton Buy, Taurus Snags Cabot Crossing for $20.2 Million;  ARA Brokers Deal

  June 13, 2013 | Joe Clements

  LOWELL—Taurus Investments has a global real estate platform, but the Boston-based firm possesses a substantial local presence as well, one added to in recent days with separate acquisitions here and in Newton totaling nearly $55 million. The company yesterday paid $20.2 million for Cabot Crossing at

• June 11, 2013
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  Reading Commons Listed by JLL for Henderson Global; Luxury Complex Could Trade Near $70M

  June 11, 2013 | Joe Clements

  READING—Capital sources starving for core multifamily have a rare morsel to fight over in the 204-unit Reading Commons, a first-class multibuilding apartment community abutting Interstate 93 one exit up from Route 128. Jones Lang LaSalle has emerged from a spirited competition to secure the listing

• June 04, 2013
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  Pucker Gallery Home Being Listed by BRA; Sale of Newbury St. Icon Could Top $1,600 Per SF

  June 04, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The Back Bay’s evolving landscape is being advanced in an overt way, as owners of the landmark Pucker Gallery have engaged Boston Realty Advisors to trade 171 Newbury St., a five-level, 8,500-sf structure that last changed hands in 1979. The multi-faceted strategy includes a three-year sale/

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