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• August 06, 2009
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  NE Commercial Real Estate Professionals Assess TIC Triumphs and Travails

  August 06, 2009 | Joe Clements

  Given the dizzying collapse of global financial markets during the past year, many done in by newfangled concepts such as hedge funds and credit swaps, it is perhaps no surprise that a wary eye is being cast upon the emerging Tenant-in-Common model of commercial real estate owner

• August 06, 2009
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  Rockland Trust Tabs CBRE/NE To Sell 35,000SF Newmarket Square Asset

  August 06, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Few Hub neighborhoods are undergoing change as rapidly as that occurring in Newmarket Square, and commercial real estate investors eager to grab a foothold here have an opportunity in a 35,000-sf asset being offered for sale by Rockland Trust Co. The banking institution ha

• August 06, 2009
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  Making Room for Microrentals Seen as Emerging Real Estate Strategy

  August 06, 2009 | By Constantine A. Valhouli

  A microrental strategy can help landlords reduce risk and vacancy loss. Rather than relying on a few anchors or long-term leases, microrentals emphasize smaller spaces targeting a greater number of businesses, or renting for shorter intervals. Several trends are making this a via

• August 06, 2009
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  96 Longwood Units Fetch $18.2M

  August 06, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BROOKLINE—To say there has been turmoil at the venerable Longwood Towers residential complex in the past five years would be putting it mildly, with its staid, tranquil mien turned upside down by a nightmarish renovation, tenant revolt and conversion to condos just as the real es

• August 06, 2009
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  Industrial Sale Reaps National $18.5M

  August 06, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BELLINGHAM—As any Big Box retailer knows, some products move quicker than others, but even the hottest gadgetry would have a hard time matching the lightning-fast sale of a Best Buy distribution center here at 140 Depot St. on Boston’s South Shore. Only recently completed by Nati

• August 06, 2009
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  Goggin Going as NewStar Taking Over 75 Sylvan St.

  August 06, 2009 | Joe Clements

  DANVERS—In the end, the third time proved not to be a charm for 75 Sylvan St., as efforts to revitalize the former Osram Sylvania lighting facility are ending abruptly for a Maine-based investor. In an action first unveiled at therealreporter.com, NewStar Financial Inc. is forecl

• July 30, 2009
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  A.W. Perry Leases Stir Sluggish Summer

  July 30, 2009

  BOSTON—A.W. Perry Inc. is battling the summer doldrums by landing a pair of formidable tenants at two of its downtown commercial properties. Following up on a 10-year pact at 93 Franklin St. with temporary employment icon Manpower, insurance broker Tanenbaum-Harber Co. has commit

• July 30, 2009
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  Brokers Warren Brown, Richard Ruggiero Orchestrate $4.25M South Boston Industrial Sale

  July 30, 2009

  SOUTH BOSTON—An evolving business district here is witnessing a changing-of-the-guard at another prominent commercial property, as the Ralph Pill Electrical warehouse at 307 Dorchester Ave. has been sold to an affiliate of F.W. Webb. Known best for its New England plumbing suppli

• July 30, 2009
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  Thanks to Small Firms, Lease-up Plan Makes Big Strides at TradeCenter 128

  July 30, 2009 | Joe Clements

  WOBURN—Nearly everything about TradeCenter 128 is big, from its three-story arched gateway, grand lobbies and a five-level garage to the 600,000-sf park’s frontage along namesake highway Route 128. Ironically, however, landlord Cummings Properties has leaned on the smaller set to

• July 30, 2009
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  NE 1031 Exchange Rate Lags US

  July 30, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—They use the same currency, but on the matter of certain tax strategies, the exchange rate between East and West Coast real estate investors remains vastly divergent. Despite greater education and clearer rules from the IRS, so-called 1031 Exchanges lag locally when compar

• July 30, 2009
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  It’s On (Again) for Lowe’s Plan

  July 30, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Despite being rebuffed a year ago, the owners of a two-acre parcel in the Hub’s Brighton district are making another bid to develop a Lowe’s Home Improvement store on the Guest Street site, project proponents have confirmed to The Real Reporter. Having already met with cit

• July 30, 2009
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  Local Partners Detail Plans For $600M Investment Fund

  July 30, 2009 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Two investors united in one of the biggest commercial real estate deals in New England this year are super-sizing their business partnership through a fund that will focus on apartments and retail locally and in the Florida and Los Angeles markets. The vehicle could secure

• July 23, 2009
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  Plunkett, Rizzo, Teague Orchestrate 34,000SF Renewal

  July 23, 2009

  WESTWOOD—Providing a spark to the sluggish Route 128 commercial real estate market, Acumentrics Corp. has extended its headquarters lease at 20 Southwest Park, officials for the fuel cell manufacturer have announced. The 34,000-sf pact with Southwest Park owner Maric Inc. was neg

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