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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: Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, Phoenix / Tucson…

Colliers International Boston has brought in Adam Schneier and Jason Rexinis to serve as vice president of the Boston/Cambridge brokerage group and assistant vice president of the firm’s central 128 suburban team, respectively.

Schneier has more tha…

Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers, a growing local brewery, signed a lease to fully occupy 100 Clinton St., also known as Building 16, in Framingham, MA.

The two-story building totals 63,000 square feet in the Avery Dennison Campus. A partnership between Calare Properties and Hackman Capital Partners purchased both Buildings 16 and 17 in 2014, according to CoStar information.

Jack’s Abby originally moved in to Building 17, a 67,000-square-foot industrial…

Remember when reports that Twitter was subleasing a block of its office space in San Francisco caused a mini-panic among investors worried that the technology sector’s seven-year growth run may be coming to an end?

It turns out reports of the tech s…

Boyd/Smith has secured $265 million in debt financing for its 508-unit Church Park multifamily and retail complex located in Boston’s Back Bay.

The Class A building was constructed in 1973 at 189-279 Massachusetts Ave. and 15-35 Westland Ave. across from the Christian Science Plaza with several renovations and updates carried out through the years. It consists of a 12-story building and a six-story building with 540 parking spaces.

Consistently…

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, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, South Florida, Seattle, Orange County, Houston, Raleigh / Durham and Inland Empire.
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M&M Elevates Parker to Northeast Division ManagerFormer NY Tristate Leader Promoted at Marcus & MillichapBy…

Marcus & Millichap promoted J.D. Parker to division manager of the firm’s Northeast Division, a territory that includes Manhattan, Boston, Brooklyn, New Haven, New Jersey and Westchester, and the firm’s Ottawa and Toronto offices in Canada.

A senior vice president since 2015, Parker previously served as district manager for Marcus & Millichap’s New York Tri-State region where he oversaw five offices and more than 250 brokers and staff.

“As…

Kelly MacLean has joined Vantage Builders as director of operations.

MacLean’s responsibilities at the Waltham, MA-based general contracting and construction firm will consist of creating, applying and reviewing the operational efficiency, cost control management and internal workings of the firm.

MacLean previously worked at Liberty Construction where she served as COO and established the firm’s West Coast division.

A 15-year industry…

Calling itself a real estate technology company, OVG Real Estate, a real estate developer with offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Berlin, is expanding into the U.S. for the first time, opening an office in New York City next month.

With a reputation for developing high-tech and sustainable office buildings, OVG has developed several notable projects, including The Edge in Amsterdam, which was awarded the title of ‘world’s most sustainable office…

Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to market for sale 10 St. James Ave. and 75 Arlington St., two office buildings totaling nearly 825,000 square feet that the company owns and partially occupies in Boston’s desirable Back Bay.

10 St James (also known as 319 Stuart St.) is a fully leased, 565,758-square-foot, Class A office building built in 2001. Liberty Mutual occupies 112,000 square feet of the building under a lease that expires next May.

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