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• January 08, 2015
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  In Largest UMNV Deal to Date at $54.2M, 50,000 SF ‘Gem’ Puts Hub Buying Spree Near $150M

  January 08, 2015 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Bringing its CRE holdings secured here to 11 properties in just 21 months, the partnership of Urban Meritage and Novaya Ventures (UMNV) has taken a giant step forth in purchasing the hulking six-story 126 Newbury St. from its longtime New York owner in an eye-popping $54.2 million deal consu

• January 06, 2015
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  Invesco Wins ‘War’ for Crosspoint’s 427,775-SF Seaport Package; CBRE Listing Could Top $185 Million

  January 06, 2015 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Yet another real estate heavyweight is muscling into the booming Seaport District and its core Fort Point Channel area that is garnering attention from global capital sources near and far, the latestTexas-based Invesco, who has apparently triumphed in a heavily contested process at a price

• December 30, 2014
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  Bentall Buying 220,000-SF Seaport Portfolio from DivcoWest for $105M+ in HFF Exclusive Listing

  December 30, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—A six-level parking garage has not sated Bentall Kennedy’s appetite for Seaport District real estate, with the investment advisory giant now piling on its plate three office buildings from DivcoWest where 220,000 sf is changing hands in the $480-per-sf sphere. If market estimates prove accura

• December 29, 2014
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  Davis Cos., Nordblom Make Pacts Topping $70M in Late Season Office Deals Being Brokered by C&W

  December 29, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BURLINGTON—Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group is spending the holiday season wrapping up a monstrous 2014, its two-pronged finale orchestrating agreements for suburban office properties exceeding $70 million combined. CarVal and partner Nordblom Co. acquired Solomon Pond Park in Marlborough

• December 23, 2014
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  Intercontinental Seen Buying 100 Cambridge St. from MassDev in Colliers Deal Priced Near $280M

  December 23, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—A prized 22-story Government Center office building owned by MassDevelopment is being acquired by Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. of Brighton, according to industry sources claiming the homegrown investor has beaten out a slew of institutional competitors including overseas funds to win

• December 17, 2014
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  Deutsche Paying $125M for 50 Staniford St., MOB Listed by C&W Expected to Top $600 Per SF

  December 17, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Fifty Staniford St. is about as benign structurally as its name, but that will not prevent an internationally known real estate giant from shelling out a reported $125 million to secure the 10-story medical office building strategically set on the campus of Massachusetts General Hospital, who

• December 16, 2014
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  Broadway Reaping $152M in Sale of 116 Huntington Ave. to Columbia; HFF Listing 275,000-SF Tower

  December 16, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Following a heavyweight battle among three real estate titans that has pushed pricing near $555 per sf, an Atlanta REIT has emerged as winning bidder for 116 Huntington Ave., the first-class, 275,000-sf office building owned by Broadway Real Estate Partners in Boston’s Back Bay and being harv

• December 15, 2014
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  Frenzy of Leasing Surge Fills 77 No. Washington St. Via Avison Young

  December 15, 2014

  BOSTON — Five firms taking down nearly 30,000 sf at 77 North Washington St. are among a vanishing breed—tenants able to find space in the super-tight North Station business district. According to real estate brokerage firm Avison Young, a frenzy of leasing there has compacted vacancy for 2.55

• December 09, 2014
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  Bentall Kennedy Lining Up Seaport Garage in $55M+ Deal with DivcoWest, Synergy Via C&W Listing

  December 09, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Institutional capital continues cascading into Boston’s Seaport District as the once-fringe office market emerges into a multi-dimensional LWP hotspot where rents are now among the highest in New England. The latest arrival is powerful pension fund advisor Bentall Kennedy, said to have tied

• December 08, 2014
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  Samuels Buying Brookline Apartment Building from Nordblom and Westbrook via HFF for $50M+

  December 08, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BROOKLINE—Steve Samuels is said to be branching out from his expansive empire in Boston’s Fenway District, with sources claiming the prolific developer is acquiring a high-rise apartment building barely a mile west in bustling Coolidge Corner, a 136-unit property being harvested by Nordblom Co. and

• December 02, 2014
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  $445M CBRE Global Office Purchases Sign of Confidence in Boston, Alewife Market

  December 02, 2014 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE — It might surprise some that CBRE Global Investors has not held an office property here or across the Charles River since harvesting Boston’s 101 Arch St. nine years ago, but the LA-based investment manager has changed all that practically overnight by spending $445 million on the Hub’s 1

• November 21, 2014
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  JLL Selling 130 New Boston Street for KS Partners

  November 21, 2014 | Joe Clements

  WOBURN — After seven years of ownership, KS Partners is offering its regional headquarters here at 130 New Boston St. for sale through exclusive agent JLL, but principal Kambiz Shahbazi says this week his firm has no intention of relocating from the three-story, 55,925-

• November 10, 2014
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  Normandy Listing 300 Baker Ave. Via C&W After Leasing Surge; Pricing Could Near $76 Million

  November 10, 2014 | Joe Clements

  CONCORD—Normandy Real Estate Partners has already reaped rewards at 300 Baker Ave. since paying $65.0 million in Dec. 2006, carving off a slice of its 77 acres for a medical office building that brought $24.3 million—$486 per sf—last year while another parcel is being traded to a hotel operator. Now

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