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• January 09, 2013
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  C&W Leading RE Parade of Sales; Three Recent Closings Yield $120 Million-Plus

  January 09, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON — Checking off lists and wrapping things up this holiday season, commercial real estate deals are being delivered by the sleighful over the remaining two weeks of 2012. Activity is so frenetic that some consider the pace unprecedented, among them Cushman & Wakefield New England Area President

• December 28, 2012
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  BRA Wraps Up 2012 With $31M Sale of Harvard Square Asset; Apartment/Retail Trade Tops $1,700 PSF

  December 28, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—‘Doubling Down’ has been a popular term throughout 2012, but in the case of a 27,800-sf mixed-use property in Harvard Square, doubling up appears to be the more salient concept in its blockbuster year-end sale—and in more ways than one. The $31 million trade of 18-28 JFK St. is not only

• December 27, 2012
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  Invesco Set to Buy Liberty Wharf from Cresset; C&W Listing Approaching $70M

  December 27, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Liberty Wharf is being acquired by Texas-based Invesco Real Estate, bringing to a swift conclusion the acclaimed mixed-use project’s listing by Cushman & Wakefield on behalf of Cresset Development. The waterfront redevelopment at the landmark Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant venue on Northern

• December 20, 2012
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  Beal, Rockwood Tab C&W to Sell One Kendall Square; Pricing Seen $375M to $400M

  December 20, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—An eclectic, iconic property in booming Kendall Square is being put up for sale by the Beal Cos. and Rockwood Capital, a partnership that has hired Cushman & Wakefield as exclusive listing agents for the 670,000-sf complex that encompasses nine buildings and covers an eight-acre swath of

• December 17, 2012
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  Apple Store Fetches $27.5M in Sale Brokered by Eastdil, Funded by $18M Rockland Trust Loan

  December 17, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The deed is done for 815 Boylston St.— better known to legions of adoring Hub technology consumers as the Apple Store—with an Irish investment group completing its $27.5 million purchase backed by an $18 million loan from Rockland Trust Co. Eastdil Secured negotiated the blockbuster pact that

• December 10, 2012
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  Synergy Buying Boston’s 2 Oliver St. from AEW, Saracen; Deal Listed by C&W Tops $50M

  December 10, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—In what hardly makes for a great surprise—but is certainly news for the city’s active CRE sales market—Synergy Investments has reportedly placed 2 Oliver St. under agreement after a spirited competition involving both local and national suitors. The 11-story, 223,000-sf office building is an

• December 03, 2012
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  UDR Acquiring Cronin’s Landing; $120M CBRE/NE Deal Follows $84M Chestnut Hill Realty Buy

  December 03, 2012 | Joe Clements

  WALTHAM—Continuing a multifamily mania sweeping across the CRE investment sales landscape, the luxury Archstone Cronin’s Landing apartment building in downtown Waltham is being purchased by a Colorado REIT for pricing said to be around $120 million. That pending deal being brokered by CBRE/New

• November 26, 2012
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  NY Firm Buying 28 Newbury St.; Irish Investor Wins Apple War in Separate Deals Listed by HFF/Eastdil

  November 26, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—In a major one-two punch of coveted Back Bay retail transactions, a New York City department store owner is expected to buy 28 Newbury St. this week for more than $27 million while Irish capital has won a high-profile battle to acquire the Apple Store on Boylston Street, a 26,000-sf building

• November 23, 2012
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  ARA Brokers Chelmsford Multifamily Assets in $14.7M Sale of 149 Units to NY Investor

  November 23, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CHELMSFORD—Two multifamily properties built by a pioneering suburban developer have yielded $14.7 million in their trade to a New York investor backed by $11.3 million in financing from Beech Street Capital. Apartment Realty Advisors negotiated the transfer of 149 units at 42-44 and 62-67 Boston Rd.

• November 15, 2012
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  Second Time a Charm for Saul Ewing’s New England Real Estate Conference

  November 15, 2012 | Mike Hoban

  BOSTON — Saul Ewing followed up last year’s well-received CRE conference debut with their second annual platform, “Real Estate In 2013 – “Recovery, Real or Imagined?” at the Westin Waterfront Hotel this Wednesday, with the panel discussions once more featuring strong industry lineups. The law firm a

• November 15, 2012
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  Election to Acquire President’s Place Has Beal on Cusp of $44M-Plus Deal

  November 15, 2012 | Joe Clements

  QUINCY — Media attention might not match energy levels felt in the US Presidency tilt, but President’s Place is preparing to welcome a new leader as the Beal Cos. is expected to acquire the 350,000-sf office complex this week backed by South American capital. The hotly contested property is being

• November 05, 2012
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  Apartments Find Home Along Boston Skyline

  November 05, 2012 | MICHAEL COYNE AND TRAVIS D’AMATO

  BOSTON — Up go the cranes. Boston’s skyline is changing. Except this time, the new glass and steel towers will not be filled with tenants scrambling for the exits at rush hour. Instead, they will be taking the elevators up at night. New luxury apartment towers are sprouting up throughout the city.

• November 05, 2012
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  Hamilton Co. $18.5M Apartment Deal Part of Busy Week for Harold Brown

  November 05, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON — Octogenarian Harold Brown’s place in New England business lore was further cemented this week upon receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Institute for Real Estate Management, a prestigious trade group that recognized an event-filled journey dating 60 years that has brought his Ham

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