WOBURN—In kicking off last Wednesday’s annual NAIOP of Massachusetts commercial real estate bus tour, Cushman & Wakefield broker David Martel gave attendees a quick overview of the downtown Boston office market through three quarters. Delivered at Woburn’s TradeCenter 128 office
BEDFORD—Investors hungry for commercial real estate in suburban Boston’s core now have a morsel to consider here at a site just off Route 128, as the owners of 4 Preston Ct. have retained Newmark Knight Frank to peddle the two-story, multi-tenanted office building. Being offered
DANVERS—Two months after foreclosing on a well-known office property here on Boston’s North Shore, NewStar Financial Inc. has retained Colliers Meredith & Grew’s Capital Markets Group to market the three-building, 272,000-sf complex, sources are reporting. The team is led by EVP
WALTHAM—Having already given one landlord something to phone home about by inking a 200,000-sf lease agreement in Boston’s Financial District, Verizon Inc. is said to be answering ING Clarion’s call for someone to fill a similarly sized block of space at 880 Winter St. here in th
BOSTON—They are suddenly gone from Jones Lang LaSalle, but Matthew P. Dwyer Jr. and Kyle B. Warwick will not be forgotten in commercial real estate circles. Accounting for more than a half-century of industry experience between them, each pledges to remain active, with Warwick ou
CAMBRIDGE—Some things never change—but that cannot be said for 1035 Cambridge St. In fact, the 120,000-sf office condominium has undergone a dramatic overhaul in the past year that even includes an altered address from its former handle, 432 Columbia St.
NORWOOD—A single-story industrial property near Route One is marking its 30th birthday with new ownership at the helm, as investor Jay Howland pays $1.58 million for 31 Astor Ave. The seller, occupant Atlantic Safety Products Inc., subsequently struck a leaseback arrangement to s
MANSFIELD—As faith leaps go, Hecht Development Co.’s decision last autumn to construct a 25,000-sf shopping center here might be viewed as the real estate equivalent of a Flying Walenda maneuver. The Concord-based firm signed off on Mansfield Marketplace just as New England’s ret
BOSTON—Signaling continued support for the sustainability movement in New England, an alliance of real estate industry professionals has filed papers to launch a Massachusetts branch of the United States Green Building Council, with a goal of having the organization in place by y
WOBURN—Call it the Core Tour. Set against an early October rain storm and equally intemperate commercial real estate environment, NAIOP Massachusetts this week conducted its annual office market field trip, as a diverse caravan in four buses made their way from the glitzy Trade
WILMINGTON—Getting commercial real estate deals across the finish line has been a major challenge in 2009, but industry observers say the chances look good that a Maine-based investment group will wrap up its purchase of a rectangular flex/industrial building here along Interstat
ROCKLAND — One of suburban Boston’s newest business addresses has reached 100 percent occupancy following a 4,000-sf lease at 300 Ledgewood Pl. to the Bulfinch Group, a general agency of the Guardian Life Insurance Co. Built by Braintree-based F.P. Giglio Enterprises, the three-s
PLYMOUTH—Industrial real estate is usually more about function than form, but a 110,000-sf building just acquired here by abutter CDF Corp. offers both elements, concurs Cushman & Wakefield Senior Director J.P. Plunkett, who joined colleague Ned Havern representing seller Party L