BOSTON — NAIOP of Massachusetts continued its string of impressive 2012 breakfast programs with their “The Future of MultiFamily” presentation at the Seaport Hotel this Wednesday. The program, true to its name, took a look past the numbers and individual apartment projects and assessed the evolving
BOSTON — Inveterate Real Report readers might recall last week’s missive on Burlington-based Linear Retail Properties acquiring a partial interest in 304 Newbury St., taking 2,900 sf in two retail units on the famed shopping boulevard while co-investor Brent A. Berc pursued the residential portion
BOSTON — Its prized Back Bay location three blocks from the Public Garden and an exquisite grandeur to historic 101 Arlington St. are marketing staples for the CRE listing coming out this week, but Boston Realty Advisors founder Jason S. Weissman predicts the vacant asset his firm has just been
PLAINVILLE — Just months after trading a Framingham retail center for $23.5 million, National Development has done a few million dollars better harvesting Plainville Commons, a 275,000-sf grocery anchored asset just now marking its seventh birthday. The $25.7 million deal involving another local
BOSTON — When Cushman & Wakefield first listed a 13-building, 371,000-sf portfolio of medical office buildings in late 2011, industry watchers were stumped as to how robust the response might be for such a unique assemblage. Af
BOSTON—Fueled by an investment climate deemed by one observer as being “on fire,” Brickman Associates is packaging 360,000 sf in four Seaport District office buildings that could top $100 million as a portfolio swap, according to some estimates. The assets heading for the shopping block are being
BOSTON—For such a short street, there is plenty of sales action on Temple Place all of a sudden. In the wake of a $10.2 million trade of 60 Temple Pl. by long-time owner BPG Ltd. earlier this month, Northland Investment Corp. has separately engaged CBRE/NE to harvest 59 Temple Pl., an 11-story,
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Make way for a second Super Walgreens in metropolitan Boston, and this time the beneficiaries are denizens of Porter Square. The owner of 1 Porter Square (pictured) has confirmed a lease signing with the pharmacy giant for 21,000 sf that will be spread on both levels of the eclectic 57
BOSTON—The Mount Vernon Co. continues to assemble a critical mass of real estate—focused on residential—in the city’s teeming Allston neighborhood, with the latest addition a $13.6 million purchase of four conjoined apartment buildings at 74-86 Brainerd Rd. The 83-unit package that was listed by
BOSTON—It was a joyful backdrop at the Intercontinental Hotel Thursday night, and that upbeat atmosphere caught the notice of Steve Brodsky, 2012 president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board’s Commercial Brokers Association. The principal at Synergy Investments kicked off the 2011 CBA
BOSTON — As Tolkien’s classic trilogy, “Lord of the Rings,” draws to a close, Frodo stands at the lip of Mt. Doom to throw the powerful ring into the volcano and thus destroy it. As the ring sinks into the lava, the volcano erupts, threatening the lives of Frodo and his companion. Like the brave
BOSTON — Ever since therealreporter. com revealed that Boston Properties is intent on buying Bank of America’s Hub headquarters, industry watchers and others have been trying to make sense of the hefty $600 million agreement, a preemptive pact that appears to circumvent any widespread
WARWICK, RI — After a bleak 2011 for commercial real estate across all product types, the Ocean State is beginning to see signs of an early spring thaw in the industrial market, according to Michael Giuttari, president of MG Commercial Real Estate. Giuttari engineered the $1.38 million sale of 522 J