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• July 07, 2011
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  NY Firm to Buy Commons at Haynes Farm; CBRE/NE Handling Sale for John M. Corcoran

  July 07, 2011 | Joe Clements

  SHREWSBURY, MA—One of the mid-state’s premier apartment communities is being acquired by a New York-based investor already active in Greater Boston, as Home Properties moves towards a July closing on The Commons at Haynes Farm. Pricing for the 10-building, 302-unit property remains unclear, but

• July 07, 2011
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  Signs Point to Better Times Ahead at Mid-Year; 68,000-SF Lease Boosts CBD

  July 07, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—There are some good signs present as the city’s long-suffering office market gropes for firmer footing, perhaps the most important sort being a lease signing for nearly 70,000 sf. That would be LPL Financial committing for 11 years at 75 State St., the glitzy 31-story office tower emptied out

• July 04, 2011
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  Newbury Line Seen Reaping $175M-Plus: Eastdil Selling Portfolio for Taurus, UrbanMeritage

  July 04, 2011 | Joe Clements

  Story Updated July 5th, 7:42 PM BOSTON—An assemblage of 23 prized properties concentrated along the Hub’s famous Newbury Street could fetch $175 million and possibly north of that estimate, according to industry experts. As revealed on Monday at therealreporter.com, owners Taurus Investments and Urb

• July 01, 2011
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  EIP Buys 63,000-SF Tweeter Asset; Ashworth Mortgage Arranges $7.7M in Financing

  July 01, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CANTON, MA—A sleek, three-story office building whose foreclosure by Wells Fargo Bank exemplified the economic recession of 2008 is getting a new lease on life in more ways than one, as Lojack is taking the entire 63,000 sf left fallow when anchor tenant Tweeter Entertainment went bankrupt. Brokered

• July 01, 2011
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  RBJ Orchestrates $19.3M Loan to Support Cambridge Lab Strategy at Blackstone Square

  July 01, 2011 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—A quartet of historic buildings in one of the city’s life sciences hotbeds is angling to capture future demand from that sector and other emerging industries after receiving $19.3 million from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank. Centremark Properties not only refinanced a maturing loan, but the

• June 27, 2011
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  Alexandria Bullish on Bear Hill Road as G&E’s Tom Aitken Brokers 26,275-SF Asset Trade

  June 27, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WALTHAM, MA—All the locals were chasing 285 Bear Hill Rd., but California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities has won the day, paying $3.9 million to secure the 26,275-sf flex/office building that possesses an alluring presence for owners of life sciences real estate, the REIT’s raison d’être.

• June 27, 2011
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  Brookfield Hires Eastdil to Sell Hub’s Exchange Place; Price Could Near $600 Million

  June 27, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The Financial District’s original Main and Main is for sale—and 53 State St. is expected to fetch a big price at a time when core real estate is in hot demand. Completed in 1985 on the same site where the Boston Stock Exchange opened its doors in 1896, Exchange Place is being harvested

• June 25, 2011
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  Talanian Realty’s South Cape Village Hungers to Serve Eaters as Bistro 36 Opens

  June 25, 2011 | Joe Clements

  MASHPEE, MA—As this seaside community hits its summertime stride, the owner of South Cape Village is welcoming a new restaurant aimed at drawing locals and tourists alike to the 156,000-sf shopping center. Bistro 36 will seat approximately 130 guests, estimates C. Talanian Realty Chief Operating

• June 21, 2011
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  Prized 177,000-SF Wilmington Asset Sold for $4.5M by LPC Brokers Cahill and Cronin

  June 21, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WILMINGTON, MA—A 177,000-sf flex building just off Interstate 93 north of Boston has been snapped up by an affiliate of Analog Devices. Lincoln Property Co. advised longtime owner Beckwith Realty LLC in the $4.5 million deal, orchestrating a rare trade of such a large asset in one of Greater Boston

• June 20, 2011
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  CRRI, NatDev Buy 25 Research Dr. in Westborough; JLL Brokers $20.1 Million Sale

  June 20, 2011 | Joe Clements

  WESTBOROUGH, MA—As infill sites go, they don’t come much bigger or more coveted than 25 Research Dr., and after a lengthy marketing effort, the 68.4-acre former National Grid campus has been acquired by Charles River Realty Investors and National Development. Marketed by Jones Lang LaSalle, the 282,

• June 15, 2011
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  HFF’s Krolman Lands $12.5M for Charter Capital Asset at 176 Federal St., Boston

  June 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Most of the “easy buttons” for financing commercial real estate were salted away after the 2008 industry crash, but Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Director Janet N. Krolman says arranging a $12.5 million loan on 176 Federal St. did not take the heavy lifting often mandated in the still-rocky

• June 15, 2011
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  Colliers Team Helps Normandy Fill 83,000SF at Dedham and Norfolk Place

  June 15, 2011 | Joe Clements

  DEDHAM, MA—Office leasing has been spotty in many parts of the suburban landscape, but Normandy Real Estate Partners has been spot-on in its strategy for attracting tenants to a pair of properties here along Route 128’s southern flank. A quartet of recent commitments—including three fresh deals—has

• June 13, 2011
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  Synergy Investment Edging Close On Deal for Aging 99 Chauncy St. Near Downtown Crossing

  June 13, 2011 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Calling 99 Chauncy St. a “jewel box building” would be a stretch at this juncture, but the 11-story, 102,000-sf office/retail property in the city’s Midtown District could soon be getting the sort of polishing needed to restore it to the grandeur of yesteryear, with industry observers

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