GLASTONBURY, CT—Serving up a one-two punch of New England retail deals, Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group negotiated the purchase here of Somerset Court this week by TA Associates Realty, a Boston-based firm that paid $24.5 million for the 16-year-old, grocery anchored center.
MARLBOROUGH, MA—As a 12-step program of sorts, 2010 did some good helping a staggering Interstate 495 West office sector steady itself, but given the depths of despair reached during the recent recession, industry watchers caution that the road to recovery remains a daunting one for the erstwhile
QUINCY, MA —Completing a $14.0 million transaction, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles headquarters building here has traded to a Newton REIT targeting assets leased to state and federal agencies. Seller Taurus Investments had owned 25 Newport Ave. since paying $12.1 million in Nov. 2001,
BEDFORD, NH—Patience really does pay off sometimes, or so it would seem in the case of Eastdil Secured’s Capital Markets Group. Coming off a brisk 2010 that featured a number of high-profile completions, the Boston team has recorded a trio of CRE closings since
LAKEVILLE, MA—Land might get second billing in this southeastern Massachusetts community, but a prime 5.7-acre parcel will generate plenty of action from residential developers, brokers at CBRE/New England predicted this week in confirming the firm’s selection as agent for the “shovel ready” project
BOSTON—A tiny but prominent sliver of real estate in the city’s Financial District is on the sales block, as KGI Properties Inc. has retained Cushman & Wakefield to market 45 Broad St. Best known to locals as the longtime home of Bakey’s Restaurant in its first-floor retail space, the four-story,
DERRY, NH—A 187,000-sf grocery anchored plaza here in suburban Manchester is under new ownership, with Real Estate Capital Partners USA Property Trust selling the Derry Meadows Shopping Centre for $21.0 million to Katz Properties. Brokered by Cushman & Wakefield, the asset traded at an
WESTBOROUGH, MA—One of suburban Boston’s real estate bright spots is poised for a change in ownership, according to industry sources claiming a partnership between Charles River Realty Investors and National Development has agreed to buy National Grid’s former headquarters at 25 Research Dr. Pricing
TAUNTON, MA—Developer Paul Maggiore has the enviable position of fretting that his Liberty & Union Business Center is running out of room—and also in being prepared to do something about it.In our business, if you don’t have inventory ready, you are out of luck,” Maggiore tells The Real Reporter
WOBURN, MA—School was not out forever at 10 Forbes Rd.—not even close. With the lights having only recently dimmed following ITT Technical Institute’s departure to Wilmington, the single-story, 20,000-sf building owned by Northland Investment
MIDDLETON, MA—A prime North Shore office building whose value withered during the recession could soon be springing back to life, with industry sources reporting this week that the Davis Cos. has beaten out several suitors angling to acquire the eight-story, 225,000-sf property from reluctant
WESTWOOD, MA—Fresh off the disposition of a Milford office building, Boston-based Colony Realty Partners is offering more of its Massachusetts portfolio for sale, including a first-class office property here along Route 128 and a 165,000-sf industrial facility at 275 Wildwood Ave. in Woburn. Colony
QUINCY, MA—An upscale 141-unit apartment property overlooking Marina Bay has been purchased for $36.1 million by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers. The Reserve at Marina Bay was harvested by a private partnership that paid $34 million to