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• October 27, 2011
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  Oracle Seen Buying 4 Van De Graaff Dr. as Capmark Moves to Trade Trophy Route 128 Asset

  October 27, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BURLINGTON, MA—Business software giant Oracle Corp. has emerged as winning bidder of 4 Van de Graaff Dr., sources are telling therealreporter.com, with pricing estimated around $16 million. The well-regarded 93,000-sf office building overlooking Route 128 was taken back this summer by Capmark

• October 26, 2011
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  USAA Trading 200,000-SF RI Asset; C&W Selected for $50M-Plus Listing

  October 26, 2011 | Joe Clements

  PROVIDENCE, RI—Rhode Island has had a choppy start to the decade, but a gleaming symbol of its success during the vibrant mid-2000’s is being made available here via Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group. The world headquarters of lottery technology company GTECH could fetch north of $50

• October 26, 2011
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  Mansard Pitching 264,000SF in Lowell as Long-Held Mixed-Use Property Offered at $8.9M

  October 26, 2011 | Joe Clements

  LOWELL, MA—One of the city’s most enduring property owners is offering up a diverse assemblage of Hamilton Canal District buildings, a 264,000-sf compilation that listing agent Jeremy Cyrier terms “a textbook value-add deal” featuring the treasured benefit of steady cash flow. The four-building

• October 26, 2011
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  Marlborough Street Fervor Still Hot as Nine-Unit Hub Apartment Building Reaps $3.7M

  October 26, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Perhaps it is gilt by association, or a sign that the value of Back Bay real estate extends past Newbury Street, but whatever the influences, Marlborough Street buildings continue to reap impressive results from investors. Following up on last month’s trade of a six-unit apartment building at

• October 25, 2011
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  Ruben Cos. Putting Hub’s One Exeter Plaza on Market; C&W Hired to Sell Landmark 210,000-SF Building

  October 25, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—An iconic Back Bay office mid-rise is being pitched to investors, as One Exeter Plaza joins a growing list of Class A properties being offered to core-centric capital willing to pay a premium for top product. Nicknamed the “Darth Vader Building” due to an architectural critic’s lasting

• October 24, 2011
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  Colliers Tabbed to Market 417,000-SF Sale/Leaseback Deal in Beverly; Pricing Set at $55M

  October 24, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BEVERLY, MA—For jittery capital seeking commercial real estate on the safe side of the street, Colliers International has a new listing Capital Markets team leader Lisa M. Campoli anticipates will be right up their alley. The 15-year sale/leaseback opportunity of the Axcelis Technologies world

• October 07, 2011
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  ‘Popup’ Stores Prop Up Retail; Halloween Stores Kick Off Holiday Season

  October 07, 2011 | Mike Hoban

  BOSTON—It is mere weeks now until All Hallows Eve comes to pass, and in the retail business, that means the beginning of the ‘popup’ season—short term lease stores— which have seen a dramatic increase in volume since the recession hit in 2008. The proliferation of Halloween-themed popup stores began

• October 06, 2011
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  Recovery of Region’s Office Market Jeopardized by Global Fiscal Crisis

  October 06, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The tale of an office market recovery appears to be a cautionary one. Even Q3 results showing positive net absorption and rent increases for hot districts such as the Back Bay and East Cambridge are being issued amidst trepidations that the global economic malaise is finally infecting Bay

• October 05, 2011
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  Invesco Closes on Hub’s 350 Washington St. in $128M Sale Negotiated by CBRE/NE

  October 05, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—A nine-figure bid has landed one of Downtown Crossing’s most prominent commercial buildings, as Invesco Real Estate Advisors has completed its purchase of 350 Washington St. for $128 million. Among one of Boston’s top investment deals of 2011, the transfer from Boston Retail Development LP

• October 01, 2011
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  TA Completes 450,000-SF Buy as RBJ Capital Markets Team Brokers $21M Trade

  October 01, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WESTBOROUGH, MA—Continuing a pursuit of Interstate 495 industrial assets—and finalizing a deal that commenced in mid-August—TA Associates Realty is set to consummate its $21-million-plus purchase of a 450,000-sf portfolio along Route 9 in the Otis Business Park. Via its Realty Associates Fund IX

• September 26, 2011
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  Boston Realty Advisors Hired to Sell ‘Fantastic’ Pair of Newbury Street Assets

  September 26, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Eager teenagers vying for the latest version of torn designer blue jeans could not match the ardor seen among investors for Newbury Street real estate, and now that Jamestown Properties has committed to a supersized portfolio of 23 buildings put up for sale earlier this year, one-off

• September 23, 2011
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  Sources: Jamestown Seen Buying 23 Newbury Street Properties for $180M-Plus

  September 23, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—An Atlanta-based investment firm has agreed to buy 23 Back Bay retail properties concentrated on Newbury Street, industry sources are telling The Real Reporter. “Yes,” one insider maintains of Jamestown emerging as winning bidder following a spirited competition that will see pricing

• September 22, 2011
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  Forest Properties Shifts 500-Plus Hub Apartments; Hamilton Co. Takes 135 Units for $22.5M

  September 22, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—A portfolio of 516 apartments has been reshuffled via two separate transactions, one of them featuring the Hamilton Cos. buying 135 units in Allston for $22.5 million. In the other arrangement, specifics of which remain sketchy, Forest Properties

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