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• March 15, 2011
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  National Development Springs Forward, Hires Eastdil to Sell 65,000-SF 343 Winter St. Asset

  March 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WALTHAM, MA—A pioneering office building reborn to accommodate new millennium tenants is being put up for sale, as National Development moves to harvest the 65,000-sf property amidst a thawing investment climate and surging Route 128 Central submarket. Eastdil Secured

• March 15, 2011
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  Upstart Tech Firm Fills 38,000 SF-Plus as VCE Moving HQ to Eaton Vance Park in Marlborough

  March 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  MARLBOROUGH—Emerging EMC Corp. spinoff VCE is giving a shot in the arm to the struggling Interstate 495 West office market, with industry sources claiming the technology firm has committed to lease more than 38,000 sf from the Campus at Marlborough, 3Com Corp.’s one

• March 14, 2011
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  Old, New Converge on Wyman Street as Hobbs Brook Hires Columbia Energy Team

  March 14, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WALTHAM—Columbia Construction Co. has been on an extended stay here already, originally at the behest of Hobbs Brook Management in building the sparkling 175-185 Wyman St. office park about to be occupied by Dassault Systemes after a 320,000-sf lease that rocked suburban Boston in late 2010

• March 12, 2011
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  New Balance Co. Chief Pays $26M for Brighton Site; Deal May Doom Controversial Lowe’s

  March 12, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BRIGHTON, MA—Controversial plans for a Lowe’s Home Improvement store here have seemingly been dealt a final blow following this week’s purchase of the proposed site by New Balance Shoe Co. chief James Davis, a leading opponent of the project. An entity formed by Davis paid

• March 08, 2011
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  C&W Hits Spring with $140M of New Retail Listings; Colony Place in Plymouth on Roster

  March 08, 2011 | Joe Clements

  PLYMOUTH, MA—A 470,000-sf shopping center here that includes a popular lifestyle component is among four retail assets being marketed by Cushman & Wakefield, officials for its Boston Capital Market Group are confirming. Colony Place in Plymouth (pictured) is expected to trade in the

• March 03, 2011
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  JPMorgan Hires Eastdil to Sell Massive Slice Of 495 At Unicorn Park

  March 03, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WOBURN, MA—With core at the fore, Unicorn Office Park is testing CRE sales waters, hiring Eastdil Secured to market the six-building, 600,000-sf campus that overlooks Interstate 93 just north of Boston. Expected to fetch upwards of $75 million by some estimates, the first class buildings are owned

• March 02, 2011
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  CBRE/NE, Grubb & Ellis Broker $4.7M Canton Sale for Leggat McCall Properties

  March 02, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CANTON, MA—There are eight down and one to go from a 470,000-sf portfolio of nine flex/industrial assets owned here at Shawmut Park by Leggat McCall Properties. The latest trading is 65 Shawmut Rd., parceled off this past week in a $4.71 million sale to a Norwood

• March 01, 2011
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  HarborSouth Reported on Market; Bidding Projected in $30M Sphere for 205,000-SF Quincy Office Bldg.

  March 01, 2011 | Joe Clements

  QUINCY, MA—A prominent South Shore office building that last year landed a key state agency is being put up for sale, with sources telling The Real Reporter that Griffith Properties has retained Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group to peddle the 10-story, 205,000-sf building at 100 Hancock St

• March 01, 2011
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  Wainwright Portfolio a Hot Item as Winning Bidder on Verge of Selection

  March 01, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The vision thing might be needed a bit more than normal, but CRE watchers say a lack of available product is helping spark interest for a three-building package that is close to landing a winning bidder. The 65,000 sf of retail and office space in the Franklin Street Portfolio being marketed

• February 28, 2011
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  Auction Day at Beach Street;  540-Space Garage on Daniel P. McLaughlin Auctioneer Slate

  February 28, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—An imposing 540-space parking garage in Chinatown is being auctioned off this week in an event prompted by Charles River Realty Investors. CRRI took over a $17.1 million loan on 40 Beach St. in late 2010 and is now foreclosing on the 161,000-sf structure whose 4,000 sf of retail enhances

• February 21, 2011
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  Pfizer Cambridge Asset on Market; Sources Tab C&W as Listing Agent for 620 Memorial Dr.

  February 21, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE, MA—A reshuffling of Pfizer Corp.’s research operations is coming home to roost here, The Real Reporter has learned, with officials for the pharmaceutical giant confirming plans to divest a major property at 620 Memorial Dr. The firm is also said to be considering trading at least one othe

• February 21, 2011
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  TA Associates Realty Pays $24.5M for CT Shopping Center Anchored by Stop & Shop

  February 21, 2011 | Joe Clements

  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.

• February 21, 2011
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  I-495 West Market Stumbling Along, But Some See Recovery on Horizon

  February 21, 2011 | Joe Clements

  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

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