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• April 24, 2014
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  Building Impact Holds its Second Annual ‘Non-Gala’

  April 24, 2014 | Michael Hoban

  BOSTON — Building Impact, a homegrown organization that simplifies the giving back process by bringing volunteer events and donation drives directly to offices and apartment buildings, held its Second Annual Non-Gala Fundraiser and Celebration recently, and like last year, the emphasis was on food,

• April 08, 2014
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  Mount Vernon Co. Buys Hub Hotel for $17.2M; BRA Brokers Deal on One-time YWCA Dorm

  April 08, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The Mount Vernon Co., among metropolitan Boston’s most active CRE investors and best known for creating a mixed-use oasis in Allston, has bought a hotel and multifamily building at 40 Berkeley St. in a revamped YWCA dormitory in the city’s South End. The off-market acquisition from former

• April 03, 2014
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  Black and Phelan Arrange $65 Million Cambridge Loan

  April 03, 2014

  CAMBRIDGE — Terms were not disclosed, but those behind a $65 million leasehold mortgage from The Hartford Life Insurance Co. on 40 Landsdowne St. were attractive enough to win the business of Forest City Enterprises and Health Care REIT Inc. on a refinancing arranged by Colliers International. Vice

• April 02, 2014
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  Colony Realty Ties Up Two Office Buildings; C&W Listing Assets for Brookwood, NatDev

  April 02, 2014 | Joe Clements

  MEDFORD—Two Class A office buildings inside Route 128—including a Cambridge asset on the market for barely a month—are being acquired by prolific real estate investor Colony Realty Partners, sources are telling therealreporter.com. The firm which has bought and sold multiple properties across

• March 24, 2014
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  TFG Deal Seen Near $40M for USAA Prize Listed by Cassidy

  March 24, 2014 | Joe Clements

  CHELMSFORD — USAA Real Estate Advisors is on the verge of reaping its anticipated upside at 300 Apollo Dr., the 290,000-sf office building put on the block last autumn through Cassidy Turley amid industry chatter that the fully leased asset could deliver close to $40 million, or about $137 per sf.

• March 14, 2014
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  Synergy Tabs C&W to Sell 51 Melcher St.; Pricing for Fully Leased Asset Seen Near $45M

  March 14, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Having another Fort Point Channel landlord take advantage of rising demand for a stake in the white-hot urban waterfront district is no great surprise, but 51 Melcher St. being offered up for sale is a bit unique given that Synergy Investments has a reputation for long-term ownership of its

• March 11, 2014
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  Fitzgerald, CBRE/NE and Cushman & Wakefield Top Annual CBA Awards Dinner

  March 11, 2014 | Michael Hoban

  Boston, MA - Over 475 CRE professionals put aside their game faces and packed the Intercontinental Hotel last Thursday night to rub elbows with the competition and fete the winners of the Commercial Brokers Association 2013 Achievement Awards. David Fitzgerald of CBRE New England walked away with

• March 06, 2014
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  Hub Multifamily Trade Reaps $562,500 Per Unit

  March 06, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON — A multifamily gem—architecturally and financially—has changed hands here in a $4.5 million sale negotiated by Boston Realty Advisors that equates to an impressive $562,500 per unit. Buyer Monaf Alyassi was represented by Dennis Kelleher of Marcus & Millichap, with BRA’s multifamily invest

• March 03, 2014
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  Spear Street to Sell Two Seaport Office Buildings; Pricing for 267,000 SF Seen in $110M Range

  March 03, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The city’s Seaport District is calling yet another global investor to the emerging submarket where hundreds of millions of dollars have already been shelled out on CRE this decade, with the latest infusion coming from RREEF via its pending agreement to acquire

• February 28, 2014
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  JLL Wins Exclusive to Harvest 720,000-SF 495 Business Center

  February 28, 2014 | Joe Clements

  TEWKSBURY — Much like the proverbial battleship, turning around a former Wang Computers facility here has taken time and effort for owners of the 720,000-sf 495 Business Park, especially amidst the choppy economic waters present since a recessionary tide swept across the region in 2008. Now, Texas-

• February 27, 2014
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  King Street to Buy Pfizer Cambridge CRE for Near $60M; Baupost, Mugar in Deal by C&W

  February 27, 2014 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—Backed by a pair of powerful capital partners, King Street Properties has reportedly agreed to acquire two life sciences buildings in the city’s Alewife District, surplus assets being divested by Pfizer Inc. through Cushman & Wakefield. The holdings at 87 and 200 CambridgePark Dr. are expe

• February 27, 2014
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  HFF Sells Bangor Maine Retail Plaza for $26.2M

  February 27, 2014

  BANGOR, ME — A power center here at the gateway to Maine’s bucolic northern kingdom has brought an impressive $26.2 million from its sale by Retail Properties of America through exclusive listing agent HFF Inc. The Bangor Parkade was purchased free and clear of debt by GM Realty of Bangor LLC. “It

• February 24, 2014
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  Campoli to Leave Colliers; Douvadjian Heading Up Revised Group as Firm Nabs Four Hunneman Pros

  February 24, 2014 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—In a series of changes significantly altering Boston’s CRE Capital Markets landscape, Executive VP Lisa M. Campoli is departing Colliers International to launch a private real estate firm, while four professionals from NAI/Hunneman Commercial Co. are joining the Colliers investment sales team

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