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101 Seaport Blvd Earns LEED Platinum
Union Investment Real Estate GmbH earned U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification for the company's office building at 101 Seaport Blvd. in Boston, MA. The 17-story, 439,058-square-foot building was constructed in 2015 in Boston’s Seaport District. Union...

Ilmarinen Teams Up with New York Life on $620 Million Office Portfolio
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co., Finland’s oldest pension fund, and New York Life Insurance Co. have formed a new joint venture to own and acquire U.S. commercial properties. New York Life seeded the venture with a portfolio of initial investments: six office...

KS Partners Adds 585,000-SF Marlborough Tech Park to Portfolio
KS Partners, a Woburn, MA-based real estate holding company that manages more than four million square feet across New England, expanded its area portfolio with the purchase of Marlborough Technology Park in Marlborough, MA for $46 million, or approximately $80 per...

Office Lease Up (October 2) Amazon Selects Manhattan for 360,000-SF Location at 5 Manhattan West
Amazon signed a 15-year office lease for 360,000 square feet in the 5 Manhattan West building at 450 W. 33rd St. in New York City. The recently-renovated Brookfield Properties' building stands 16 stories tall totaling more than 2.15 million square feet. The building...

Harvard University Leases 63,000-SF Cambridge Bldg. for IT Services Dept.
Harvard University has signed a long-term lease with The Bulfinch Cos. to set up its information technology (IT) services department at 784 Memorial Dr. in Cambridge, MA. The lease is for the entire 63,200-square-foot, four-story building, which was originally...

Harvard University Leases 61,000-SF Cambridge Bldg. for IT Services Dept.
Harvard University has signed a long-term lease with The Bulfinch Cos. to set up its information technology (IT) services department at 784 Memorial Dr. in Cambridge, MA. The lease is for the entire 63,200-square-foot, four-story building, which was originally...

Fortis Property Group Buys Dock Square Garage in Boston for $170 Million
One of the highest grossing parking garages in Boston has traded hands after Fortis Property Group acquired the Dock Square Garage from Dock Square Parking Associates for $170 million. The property is comprised of 698 parking spaces as well as 16,100 square feet of...

CoStar’s People of Note (Sept. 29) – C&W Taps Gougarty as Americas Lead, Encore REIS Names Przybyla President and COO…
It's time to update those contact managers with CoStar's People of Note, reporting news on significant new CRE hires and promotions. This week's issue includes the following markets: New York City, Detroit / Grand Rapids, Orange County, Dallas / Fort Worth, Washington...

CoStar’s People of Note (Sept. 29) – C&W Taps Gougarty as Americas Lead, Encore REIS Names President and COO…
It's time to update those contact managers with CoStar's People of Note, reporting news on significant new CRE hires and promotions. This week's issue includes the following markets: New York City, Detroit / Grand Rapids, Orange County, Dallas / Fort Worth, Washington...

Cushman & Wakefield Adds Director to Capital Markets Team in Boston
Looking to expand its investor service platform in Boston, Cushman & Wakefield has hired accomplished commercial real estate veteran Pete Rogers as a director within the firm's capital markets group. Rogers has more than 10 years of capital markets experience with...
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