Quincy and South Shore Massachusetts Commercial Real Estate Blog

Pental Surfaces Leases 68,000 SF in Mansfield for First Northeast Location
Pental Surfaces, one of the largest wholesale tile and stone distributors in the western U.S., has signed a lease for its first Northeast location. The company will take 68,373 square feet of industrial space at 50 Hampden Rd., a 204,151-square-foot facility located...

Zurich North America Pays $23.5 Million for 55 Seaport
Zurich North America, a commercial property-casualty insurance provider based in Schaumburg, IL, struck a deal with Boston Global Investors (BGI) to acquire 53-57 Seaport Blvd. in Boston's Seaport District for $23.5 million, or about $1,740 per square foot. A...

Global Aquaculture Alliance Relocating HQ in Portsmouth, NH
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has reached a deal to relocate its head offices to a new 28,800-square-foot office building currently under development in the Rockingham area of Portsmouth, NH. An international nonprofit dedicated to advancing environmentally...

CoStar’s People of Note (Nov. 10) – TCN Taps Glass for Regional Leadership, Lee & Associates Recruits Salmon in NYC…
The following companies announced personnel moves this week: CAPREIT, TCN Worldwide, Lee & Associates, Retail Insite, Cushman & Wakefield, Industry City, Dermody Properties, Kidder Mathews and Franklin Street.img.pon{display: block; padding: 5px; width: 25%;...

CoStar’s People of Note (Nov. 10) – TCN Taps Glass for Regional Leadership, Lee & Associates Nets Salmon in NYC…
The following companies announced personnel moves this week: CAPREIT, TCN Worldwide, Lee & Associates, Retail Insite, Cushman & Wakefield, Industry City, Dermody Properties, Kidder Mathews and Franklin Street.img.pon{display: block; padding: 5px; width: 25%;...

Panera Acquiring Au Bon Pain Under Aggressive New Expansion Initiative
Panera Bread has reached an agreement to acquire Au Bon Pain Holding Co., the Boston-based bakery-cafe chain of 304 units which was started by the founders of Panera Bread. The deal marks a new strategy for St. Louis-based Panera, which itself was acquired three...

AllScripts Grows Footprint in Burlington
Healthcare technology company AllScripts signed a 44,000-square-foot lease renewal and expansion at One Burlington Woods in Burlington, MA. One Burlington Woods is a 116,494-square-ffoot, three-story office building located off I-95 and Route 3, adjacent to the...

Condyne, Wesport Capital Partners Acquire 450,000-SF Brookwood Business Center
Braintree, MA-based Condyne Capital Partners has teamed up with a fund managed by Wilton, CT-based Westport Capital Partners to acquire the Brookwood Business Center at 101 Billerica Ave. in Billerica, MA from Brookwood Financial Partners. Terms of the deal were not...

JAG Pulls Trigger on $93 Million Multifamily Purchase in Suburban Boston
Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG), an Eastern U.S. multifamily real estate developer and operator based in McLean, VA, boosted its holdings in a core market with the purchase of the 262-unit One Upland complex in suburban Boston for $93 million, or approximately...

Global Aquaculture Alliance Relocating HQ Within Portsmouth, NH
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has reached a deal to relocate its head offices to a new 28,800-square-foot office building currently under development in the Rockingham area of Portsmouth, NH. An international nonprofit dedicated to advancing environmentally...
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