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• January 23, 2013
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  HFF Pegs Carpenter & Company for 800,000 SF of Christian Science Plaza Development Rights

  January 23, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Renowned hotel developer Carpenter & Company is said to have tied up prime development parcels at the Christian Science Plaza on Huntington Avenue, industry sources are relaying to therealreporter.com. By one estimate, the 800,000 sf that can be produced on the two sites could be in the $650

• January 18, 2013
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  Synergy has Eye on 11 Beacon Street As DivcoWest Selling 150,000 Sqare Feet

  January 18, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON — Synergy Investments will need to be awfully busy in 2013 to match the hyperactive buying pace of last year, but the Boston-based firm is wasting little time ramping up its new campaign. Industry sources claim the firm is deep in negotiations to acquire 11 Beacon St., the 150,000-sf office b

• January 15, 2013
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  Long-Held Office Asset Yields $4.2 Million in Somerville Trade

  January 15, 2013 | Mike Hoban

  SOMERVILLE — With nearby East Cambridge rents on the rise and available space predicted to begin disappearing, value add investors like Brian R. Iammartino are exploring opportunities in Boston’s so-called Inner Suburbs—such as the 49,000-sf office building at 35-37 Medford St. which the cofounder

• January 10, 2013
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  NatDev, UBS Trading 120 and 150 Presidential Way; Woburn Portfolio Listed by HFF

  January 10, 2013 | Joe Clements

  WOBURN—A pair of office buildings in the MetroNorth Corporate Center is being listed for sale through Holliday Fenoglio Fowler by owners National Development and UBS, industry sources are indicating to therealreporter.com. The Class A properties that total 225,000 sf are being joined with a free-

• January 09, 2013
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  C&W Leading RE Parade of Sales; Three Recent Closings Yield $120 Million-Plus

  January 09, 2013 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON — Checking off lists and wrapping things up this holiday season, commercial real estate deals are being delivered by the sleighful over the remaining two weeks of 2012. Activity is so frenetic that some consider the pace unprecedented, among them Cushman & Wakefield New England Area President

• December 28, 2012
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  BRA Wraps Up 2012 With $31M Sale of Harvard Square Asset; Apartment/Retail Trade Tops $1,700 PSF

  December 28, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—‘Doubling Down’ has been a popular term throughout 2012, but in the case of a 27,800-sf mixed-use property in Harvard Square, doubling up appears to be the more salient concept in its blockbuster year-end sale—and in more ways than one. The $31 million trade of 18-28 JFK St. is not only

• December 27, 2012
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  Invesco Set to Buy Liberty Wharf from Cresset; C&W Listing Approaching $70M

  December 27, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—Liberty Wharf is being acquired by Texas-based Invesco Real Estate, bringing to a swift conclusion the acclaimed mixed-use project’s listing by Cushman & Wakefield on behalf of Cresset Development. The waterfront redevelopment at the landmark Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant venue on Northern

• December 20, 2012
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  Beal, Rockwood Tab C&W to Sell One Kendall Square; Pricing Seen $375M to $400M

  December 20, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CAMBRIDGE—An eclectic, iconic property in booming Kendall Square is being put up for sale by the Beal Cos. and Rockwood Capital, a partnership that has hired Cushman & Wakefield as exclusive listing agents for the 670,000-sf complex that encompasses nine buildings and covers an eight-acre swath of

• December 17, 2012
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  Apple Store Fetches $27.5M in Sale Brokered by Eastdil, Funded by $18M Rockland Trust Loan

  December 17, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—The deed is done for 815 Boylston St.— better known to legions of adoring Hub technology consumers as the Apple Store—with an Irish investment group completing its $27.5 million purchase backed by an $18 million loan from Rockland Trust Co. Eastdil Secured negotiated the blockbuster pact that

• December 10, 2012
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  Synergy Buying Boston’s 2 Oliver St. from AEW, Saracen; Deal Listed by C&W Tops $50M

  December 10, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—In what hardly makes for a great surprise—but is certainly news for the city’s active CRE sales market—Synergy Investments has reportedly placed 2 Oliver St. under agreement after a spirited competition involving both local and national suitors. The 11-story, 223,000-sf office building is an

• December 03, 2012
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  UDR Acquiring Cronin’s Landing; $120M CBRE/NE Deal Follows $84M Chestnut Hill Realty Buy

  December 03, 2012 | Joe Clements

  WALTHAM—Continuing a multifamily mania sweeping across the CRE investment sales landscape, the luxury Archstone Cronin’s Landing apartment building in downtown Waltham is being purchased by a Colorado REIT for pricing said to be around $120 million. That pending deal being brokered by CBRE/New

• November 26, 2012
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  NY Firm Buying 28 Newbury St.; Irish Investor Wins Apple War in Separate Deals Listed by HFF/Eastdil

  November 26, 2012 | Joe Clements

  BOSTON—In a major one-two punch of coveted Back Bay retail transactions, a New York City department store owner is expected to buy 28 Newbury St. this week for more than $27 million while Irish capital has won a high-profile battle to acquire the Apple Store on Boylston Street, a 26,000-sf building

• November 23, 2012
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  ARA Brokers Chelmsford Multifamily Assets in $14.7M Sale of 149 Units to NY Investor

  November 23, 2012 | Joe Clements

  CHELMSFORD—Two multifamily properties built by a pioneering suburban developer have yielded $14.7 million in their trade to a New York investor backed by $11.3 million in financing from Beech Street Capital. Apartment Realty Advisors negotiated the transfer of 149 units at 42-44 and 62-67 Boston Rd.

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