Headline News

• March 06, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  Awaiting MA Supreme Judicial Court’s Eaton Decision, Real Estate Industry Sitting on a Volcano

  March 06, 2012 | By Edward M. Bloom

  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

• February 26, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  $600M Trade of 100 Federal St. Rocks 2012 Investment Universe

  February 26, 2012 | Joe Clements

  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

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  Full Building Lease Follows $1.3M Sale

  February 24, 2012 | By Mike Hoban

  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

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  DPM Assists Ascend in Move to 80,000-SF HQ

  February 24, 2012

  BURLINGTON — Diversified Project Management has completed a two-pronged construction and relocation project encompassing 80,000 sf at 5 Wall St. The initiative included a 55,000-sf assignment for Jones & Bartlett, a subsidiary of Ascend Learning that has consolidated regional operations on the build

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  For $6.3M, Privitera Snags 48 Apartments in Woburn

  February 24, 2012

  WOBURN — It may have a relaxing handle, but the new owner of Country Club Place Apartments is hardly lounging at the 48-unit property. Having just closed on the three-story structure that dates to 1960, multifamily investor Philip Privitera is already sinking capital into the asset that had been in

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  $8M Sought for 545,000-SF Flex Park

  February 24, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  MAYNARD — The expansive landscape of suburban MetroWest accommodates large commercial real estate developments, and one such property sporting in excess of 500,000 sf has come available for sale. The flex/office campus at 129 Parker St. is being listed by NAI/Hunneman Commercial Co., with the owner

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  NAI/Hunneman Forges $18.8M in Sales

  February 24, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — Ask and ye shall receive—or be able to buy at least—as evidenced from a Whole Foods Supermarket and adjacent Rite-Aid Pharmacy in a thickly settled neighborhood being traded to a New York REIT keen on Bay State retail. The Whole Foods grocery at 330 River St. has already changed hands fo

• February 24, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  Dinosaur, Morris & Morse Weighing Options From $6.6M Vertex HQ Buy

  February 24, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — Now that Dinosaur Capital Partners and Morris & Morse have secured the (current) Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters, the partnership acknowledges there are plans for the four-building, 1.2-acre complex—plans in a plural sense, that is—and the potential paths are quite divergent. The $6.

• February 17, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  CBRE/NE Aids Katz in $15.4M Retail Buy

  February 17, 2012

  STOUGHTON — Continuing to expand its retail platform across New England, Katz Properties of New York has acquired an 80,000-sf strip center here in this south suburban Boston community. CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets Group negotiated the $15.4 million trade between Katz and Invesco Real Estate,

• February 17, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  Office Space Tied Up at Cresset’s Liberty Wharf

  February 17, 2012

  BOSTON — Much like the diners streaming from its four full-service eateries, Liberty Wharf’s office space is full. The new mixed-use project built at the home of former Boston Harbor landmark Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant has executed a trio of leases to plug the remaining 7,300 sf of first class of

• February 17, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  NAI/Hunneman Homes in on Malden

  February 17, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  MALDEN — They might not have been there at the opening stroke of 2012, but NAI/Hunneman Commercial Co. multifamily brokers Carl Christie and Dan McGee have logged considerable hours in this Boston suburb both before and after the new year. Having closed out 2011 by completing a $6.8 million apartmen

• February 17, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  One United Saga Ends in $7.6M Sale

  February 17, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  WEST BRIDGEWATER — A hulking warehouse saddled by debt in the recession has found new life following its sale to a disparate partnership, as One United Dr. yields $7.6 million thanks to a hybrid marketing process involving an auctioneer and CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets Group.

• February 17, 2012
  Full Story
  News
  

  Firm Sees Green Credits As Golden Opportunity

  February 17, 2012 | By Mike Hoban

  ANDOVER — In the world of commercial real estate, engineering and tax services—especially when combined in one discussion—usually aren’t hot topics at CRE gatherings. But mention energy efficiency and cost savings, and ears will perk up, particularly among those on the development side.

Previous Page | Next Page