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NAI Hunneman Expands Urban Advisory Group
NAI Hunneman bolstered its urban advisory group with the addition of Jason Roth as a corporate real estate advisor. Roth will specialize in landlord and tenant representation through the Boston and Cambridge submarkets. He previously worked on local real estate...

CBRE/New England Adds SVP/Partner to Retail Division
Matt Curtin has joined CBRE/New England as senior vice president and partner with the company’s retail advisory and transaction services team. Curtin will oversee and manage the retail leasing team while focusing on urban retail and tenant representation. For the last...

Beacon Communities Finalizes Purchase of Stratton Hill Park
Beacon Communities, a privately-owned real estate firm headquartered in Boston, has acquired a 156-unit multifamily complex in Worcester, MA from Corcoran Management Co. Stratton Hill Park is one of the few affordable housing blocks in the adjourning area. The...

Boston’s Old City Hall Sells for $30.1 Million
Synergy Investment & Development acquired the leasehold interest of Old City Hall at 45 School St. in downtown Boston for $30.1 million, or about $360 per square foot, from the Architectural Heritage Foundation. The eight-story, 83,700-square-foot mixed-use...

Freight Farms Shifting HQ to South End District
Freight Farms, a manufacturer of freight containers that serve as a hydroponic gardening system, leased 10,000 square-feet at 46 Plympton St. in Boston's South End district where the company will establish its corporate headquarters. The company will relocate from 840...

Smeke Launches New Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Firm in Boston
Valencia Realty Capital is the newest commercial real estate mortgage lender to launch in the Boston market. Stephen Smeke, who previously served as principal at GoldCoast Mortgage, launched the new firm with a goal of providing access to institutional-level debt...

Boston’s Old City Hall Sold for $30.1M
Synergy Investment & Development acquired the Old City Hall office building at 45 School St. in Boston, MA for $30.1 million, or about $360 per square foot, from the Architectural Heritage Foundation. The eight-story, 83,700-square-foot building was designed by...

CoStar Market Insights: Three Most Active Multifamily Submarkets in Boston
by Mark Hickey, CoStar Market Analytics Boston Ranks 6th in US for Apt. Building Despite supposedly being difficult to build in, apartment developers in metro Boston have somehow found a way judging from the incredibly heavy construction of new apartments seen this...

CoStar’s People of Note (Aug. 4) – TIG Taps Hazen, MassDev Promotes Liss…
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: Houston, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix / Tucson, Denver, New York City, Dallas / Ft....

MassDevelopment Taps Liss as President, CEO
Lauren Liss was named president and chief executive officer of Boston-based MassDevelopment by its board of directors, effective Sept. 5, 2017. Liss boasts more than 20 years of construction experience, most recently as a partner at Rubin and Rudman, where she...
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