BOSTON—While some folks approach their 30th birthday with a bit of trepidation, the members of NEWiRE (New England Women in Real Estate) welcomed the milestone with open arms on Wednesday night, celebrating the group’s three decades during their Annual Achievement Awards dinner at the Fairmont Cople
BOXBOROUGH — During its 15-year run as a real estate investment vehicle traversing eastern Massachusetts, Fairlane Properties has embarked on its share of risky routes, buying challenged properties in immediate need of leasing, management or physical TLC to overcome vacancies or harsh economies. But
BOSTON— Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets Group wrapped up two big deals this week, one of property and the other personnel. The group led by Managing Director Scott Jamieson closed on the $40 million sale of One Faneuil Hall Sq., a stylish office/retail building on the edge of Quincy Market and
Enhanced Use Leasing Seen as Effective Tool in Giving Old Military Bases New Life EDWARD S. HERSHFIELD BOSTON — Throughout Massachusetts, and virtually every other state, there are prime pieces of real estate which could be further developed. Unfortunately, there is one significant obstacle
BOSTON — A diverse quartet of retail tenants signing on at 77-91 Franklin St. has brought the retail space there to full occupancy, Perry Brokerage Associates announced this week in a press release. The group represented landlord A.W. Perry in the 9,775-sf of commitments that were secured in the
NORTON — Contenders for flex/industrial space at 176 S. Washington St. can forget that option now that current tenant Bodek & Rhodes has snatched the remaining 80,000 sf landlord Paradigm Properties had available until striking a seven-year “blendand- extend” renewal filling the entire 209,000 sf
BOSTON—If one thing can be gleaned from the MIT Center for Real Estate’s Global Forum last Friday, it is that the region’s commercial real estate community is not easily distracted. On a stunning April day with clear skies and temperatures in the 70’s, and the 100th Anniversary celebration of Fenway
WOBURN — One of metropolitan Boston’s northern retail landmarks is under agreement to a national real estate investment trust, industry sources are telling The Real Reporter, as the revitalized Woburn Mall is on the cusp of changing hands for the first time in a decade. The Koffler Group of
BEVERLY — Mayor William F. Scanlon Jr. is slated to be on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony next Thursday at 100 Cummings Center to celebrate the newest tenant to the building that is owned by Cummings Properties. Heretofore based in neighboring Salem, the Society for Field Studies has leased 8,000
BURLINGTON — A surge of early 2012 activity at 80 Blanchard Rd. has resulted in more than 32,000 sf leased at the Class A office building that has benefitted from being in one of suburban Boston’s busiest office markets. The commitments came from three companies, with CBRE/NE Partners representing l
MEDFORD — After an encouraging 2011, the US Small Business Administration’s 504 lending program is again proving a viable tool for buying commercial real estate this year, as evidenced by three more multi-million dollar financings completed this month on a nursing home here at 300 Winthrop St. that
CHELSEA — Mention The Architectural Team in conversation to those in the local CRE industry, and most will immediately respond, “Multifamily, right?”—and with good reason. Since launching in the 1970’s, Chelsea-based TAT has emerged as one of Greater Boston’s leading multifamily design firms, partic
BRAINTREE — A longtime South Shore distribution center owned and occupied by Coca Cola has been dispensed to a local business group in a $2.97 million deal backed by a $1.5 million mortgage from Eastern Bank and brokered by the Conrad Group and Cassidy Turley FHO. Occupied by the soft drink kingpin