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• February 17, 2012
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  Cambridge Draw Strong as Ever

  February 17, 2012 | By Mike Hoban

  BOSTON — The theme of this Wednesday morning’s NAIOP event—Cambridge: Ready, Set, Go!—held at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel was ostensibly the massive amount of development being undertaken in the Kendall Square neighborhood, underscoring the draw of the district as one of the premier addr

• February 13, 2012
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  BREAKING // Sources: Boston Properties Buying Hub’s 100 Federal Street for $600 Million - Plus

  February 13, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Moving quickly after announcing a plan to divest substantial real estate holdings, Bank of America has reportedly agreed to sell the lending giant’s flagship Hub headquarters at 100 Federal St. to Boston Properties for more than $600 million, therealreporter.com has learned. According to

• February 10, 2012
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  Parsons Completes Beacon Hill Turnaround; Boston Realty Brokers $5.6M Sale

  February 10, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—John R. Parsons Jr. did not spend much time admiring two properties snagged last summer on Boston’s Beacon Hill, but the Parsons Commercial Group namesake found plenty of suitors eagerly jumping for 24 Joy St. and 88 West Cedar St. after opting to cash in on a fast-moving fixer-upper plan.

• February 01, 2012
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  Multifamily Seen for Vertex HQ As Locals Win Site for $6M-Plus

  February 01, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — Vertex Pharmaceuticals is going to Boston’s Seaport District, and then it appears the company’s ancestral headquarters could be going home. According to industry sources, a local investment group featuring one-time banker Garlan Morse has tied up the CambridgePort

• January 27, 2012
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  Samuels Keeps Adding to Fenway Retail Mix

  January 27, 2012 | By Mike Hoban

  BOSTON — With the recently announced signings of a major retailer (not named Target) and a celebrity chef’s restaurant, Samuels Associates continues to push forward in its quest to transform the Fenway from a Red Sox, Lansdowne, and drinking emporium into a “vibrant urban village,” according to one

• January 27, 2012
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  Howe, Stevens Negotiate 26,000-SF Seaport Lease

  January 27, 2012

  BOSTON — A green-centric energy efficiency company that recently opened in the Seaport District has thrived enough there to sign a long-term extension at 21 Drydock Ave., parties involved in the deal announced this week. More recently being promoted as the Innovation District, the 1,000-acre expanse

• January 27, 2012
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  203,000-SF in Boxborough Seen Tied Up by Fairlane

  January 27, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  BOXBOROUGH — Having already secured buildings during the past two years along Route 128, Fairlane Properties is apparently setting its sights even farther a field from the firm’s traditional Boston base, with sources indicating the homegrown investment firm has been named winning bidder for a pair o

• January 27, 2012
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  Roll Play Fills 94,000 SF for Calare

  January 27, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  BILLERICA — Calare Properties has finalized an impressive roll over plan of sorts after snagging fallow Building Four at 900 Middlesex Turnpike here last spring in a $1.7 million value-add acquisition. Lasermax Roll Systems has committed to occupy all 94,000 sf, wrapping up a 10-year lease that will

• January 27, 2012
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  Hub Parcel Buy Stirs Speculation

  January 27, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  EAST BOSTON — A weed-choked, vacant lot flanking Route 1A has been acquired by an accomplished South Coast developer rumored to be keen on building a hotel on the 6.2-acre parcel. Some observers maintain the $3.75 million purchase by First Bristol Corp. was inked with an eye towards a potential casi

• January 27, 2012
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  Multifamily Seen for Vertex HQ As Locals Win Site for $6M-Plus

  January 27, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — Vertex Pharmaceuticals is going to Boston’s Seaport District, and then it appears the company’s ancestral headquarters could be going home. According to industry sources, a local investment group featuring one-time banker Garlan Morse has tied up the CambridgePort buildings where Vertex

• January 20, 2012
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  Urban Edge Modernizing 10 Multifamily Properties

  January 20, 2012

  BOSTON —As part of an ongoing campaign to renovate its portfolio of affordable rental apartments and also improve energy efficiency in the properties, Urban Edge Housing Corp. this month is launching an overhaul of 10 buildings totaling 82 units in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury. A host of government ent

• January 20, 2012
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  KS Partners Enjoys Surge At Hub’s 85 Devonshire St.

  January 20, 2012

  BOSTON — KS Partners has inked a trio of leases at 85 Devonshire St. in the Financial District, activity representing nearly 9,000 sf of commitments at the two-building asset that also includes 262 Washington St. The signings include a new tenant for the 92,000-sf complex and pair of renewals, one o

• January 20, 2012
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  Duffy Properties Harvests FDIC Relic for $1.65M

  January 20, 2012 | By Joe Clements

  SUDBURY — Nearly 20 years after securing the asset during a national auction of foreclosed real estate, Duffy Properties has divested 29 Hudson Rd. to another local firm, reaping $1.65 million in a sale brokered by Parsons Commercial Group. New owner Vantage Investment Properties has subsequently na

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