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• August 23, 2011
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  Millipore Mulling 130,000-SF BTS at Billerica Office Park Owned by Gutierrez Cos.

  August 23, 2011

  BILLERICA, MA—Global life sciences firm Millipore Corp. has signed a lease renewal here for nearly 40,000 sf of flex space, but the commitment could be just the tip of the iceberg. Industry sources claim the firm is deep in talks to relocate its worldwide headquarters from Billerica’s 290 Concord Rd

• August 23, 2011
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  Eastdil Seen Taking on Taunton Crossing for RREEF; 85,000-SF Retail Center Could Fetch $15M

  August 23, 2011 | Joe Clements

  TAUNTON, MA—Fresh off orchestrating the $64 million sale of an Empire State power center, Eastdil Secured’s Boston team is taking on a retail assignment closer to home, having reportedly been engaged by owner RREEF to market Taunton Crossing, a 100 percent leased shopping plaza (pictured) parked

• August 23, 2011
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  Biette, Giunta Broker $12.8M Sale of 99 Chauncy St. to Synergy Investment & Development

  August 23, 2011

  BOSTON—Two months after tying up 99 Chauncy St. in the city’s Midtown District, Synergy Investment & Development has closed on the 11-story, 96,000-sf office building (pictured), ending a spirited competition negotiated by Grubb & Ellis. The $12.8 million deal is the latest CRE conquest by Synergy,

• August 16, 2011
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  Two Ledgemont Center in Play; Pricing Near $50M As Beal Cos. Hires C&W for Listing

  August 16, 2011 | Joe Clements

  LEXINGTON, MA—With the ink scarcely dry on a prime Wakefield portfolio sale that fetched $36.5 million this week, Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group has already moved down Route 128 to Hayden Avenue and Spring Street, launching a marketing campaign here for Two Ledgemont Center

• August 15, 2011
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  Lease Spotlights 75 Sylvan St. Rebirth as Brookwood Financial Fills Largest Asset in Park

  August 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  DANVERS, MA—Despite thriving for decades as a light bulb manufacturing plant, 75 Sylvan St. (pictured) began the new millennium cloaked in darkness, and one failed repositioning after another gave little hope that the cavernous 273,000-sf complex would ever emerge from its shadowy recesses. The

• August 15, 2011
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  Eastdil Wraps Up $365.7M Hub Sale as 33 Arch St. Office Tower Acquired by TIAA

  August 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association has finalized its purchase of 33 Arch St., the high-end Financial District office tower (pictured) that drew suitors from across the globe. Negotiated by Eastdil Secured, the $365.7 million transaction on behalf of AREA Property Partners eclipses $60

• August 03, 2011
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  Chelmsford’s 150 Apollo Dr. ‘Back Home’ as C&W Brokers $9.8M Sale to Former Owner

  August 03, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CHELMSFORD, MA—After a six-year hiatus, Farley White Interests is again at the helm of 150 Apollo Dr., buying the three-story Class A office building back from a Georgia investor who had held ownership since May 2005. Boston-based FWI developed the 80,000-sf building in 2000 before Wells Real Estate

• August 02, 2011
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  NED Hires C&W Retail Team to Sell MD Retail in Deal Pegged Near $130M

  August 02, 2011 | Joe Clements

  NEWTON, MA—A high-end Maryland shopping center built by New England Development Corp. is being primed for sale, according to industry sources reporting that Cushman & Wakefield’s retail team has been retained to market The Shops at Wisconsin Place. Some estimate pricing could approach $130 million

• August 02, 2011
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  Some Anticipate I-495 North Rebound as Velocity Returning at Better Buildings

  August 02, 2011 | Joe Clements

  ANDOVER, MA—The latest Interstate 495 North statistics are not especially encouraging for office landlords, but even with available space near one-third of inventory in multiple surveys, a sense of doom has not pervaded the landscape, according to observers who insist there is reason for optimism.

• July 22, 2011
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  Woburn Sale Yields $16.1M for Colony Realty in 174,000-SF Deal Brokered by CBRE/NE

  July 22, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WOBURN—Albeit headed in opposite directions strategy wise, Colony Realty Partners and Fairlane Properties have both been traversing Route 128 of late, and this week the CRE investors crossed paths here at 275 Wildwood Ave. in a $16.1 million transaction. Newton-based Fairlane bought the 174,000-sf w

• July 20, 2011
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  Spirit of Recovery Alive in Back Bay as Boston Realty Advisors Takes on Two Prime Listings

  July 20, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Even in a darkened funeral home, things are pretty lively for Back Bay real estate, as evidenced by a pair of listings being handled by Boston Realty Advisors. They include the former J.S. Waterman Funeral Home, an ornate property on the edge of Kenmore Square that was shuttered several years

• July 19, 2011
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  Repeat Business: FM Global Wins Chase for 310,000SF at Edgewater Office Park

  July 19, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WAKEFIELD, MA—FM Global must feel good about its 2009 purchase of 330,000 sf at the Edgewater Office Park—because the firm’s real estate arm is doing virtually the same thing all over again, this time agreeing to buy a trio of buildings there from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association. Being

• July 18, 2011
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  CBRE/NE Oversees $81.5M Sale Of CambridgePark Drive Assets to Blackstone

  July 18, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—When it comes to commercial real estate in West Cambridge, the long view appears to be the sunniest one, or so it would seem following this week’s $81.5 million sale of 125 and 150 CambridgePark Dr., acquired by the Blackstone Group from Barclays Bank after a spirited competition led by in

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