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Out of the Box Ventures Scores First Investment in Rhode Island, Acquires Walnut Hill Plaza in Woonsocket
Out of the Box Ventures, LLC made its first foray into Rhode Island with the purchase of Walnut Hill Plaza, a 297,905-square-foot shopping center located along the Diamond Hill commercial corridor in Woonsocket. A subsidiary of Miami-based global real estate...

Longwood Group Puts Brand New Luxury Apartment Complex in Jamaica Plains on the Market
Longwood Group is listing its recently completed luxury apartment complex in Jamaica Plain on the market, and has hired a team from NKF Capital Markets to handle the sale. Completed last June, Serenity is a 195-unit, 100 percent market-rate community home to studio to...

Ownership Secures $324 Million Loan for Arsenal Yards in Watertown, MA
Courtesy: Prellwitz Chilinski Associates.Boylston Properties, The Wilder Companies and Jonathan Bush secured $324 million in construction financing and joint venture equity for the venture's Arsenal Yards mixed-use development in Watertown, MA. Boylston Properties and...

Innovative Industrial Properties Buys West Massachusetts Facility, Signs Holistic Industries to Extension
Innovative Industrial Properties has acquired Holistic Industries' 55,000-square-foot facility at 96 Palmer Rd. in Monson, MA, signing the organic medical cannabis company to a long-term extension in the process. Innovative (NYSE: IIPR), a leading provider of creative...

Senior Housing Moves Downtown
A new senior housing building developed by Bridgewood Property and equity partner Harrison Street Capital at 1015 South Shepherd Drive, one of the housing communities the venture is developing. The quarter-acre development site on Kelvin Drive in Houston’s tony West...

Providence’s Industrial Market Showing Surprising Strength
Amazon’s 1 million-square-foot fulfillment facility at 1180 Innovation Way in Fall River, MA Providence’s industrial market is quite strong. And those who have followed the real estate market here for the longest might be the most surprised. Providence had among the...

The Xchange at Bedford, Home to iRobot’s Mission-Critical HQ, Sells for $107.8 Million
Jumbo Capital Management and Sound Mark Partners have teamed up to acquire The Xchange at Bedford in suburban Boston from The Davis Cos. for $107.75 million, or approximately $223 per square foot. The Xchange is a 482,662-square-foot, eight-building creative office...

Longfellow Closes on $500 Million Life Science Real Estate Investment Fund
Jamie Peschel, Managing Partner of Longfellow Real Estate Partners. Photo credit: Longfellow Real Estate Partners Longfellow Real Estate Partners has closed Longfellow Strategic Value Fund, an investment vehicle with an initial equity capitalization of $500 million....

Henley USA Adds 512 Units to Las Vegas Portfolio
Private equity shop Henley Investments continues to expand its joint venture with 16 Capital Partners in Las Vegas, strikign a deal to buy a large but dated Las Vegas apartment complex in an off-market transaction. Henley, a U.K. company whose American arm is based in...

Student Housing: The New Safety Play for Major Real Estate Investors
While the news that multifamily investor/operator Greystar and an affiliate of Blackstone planned to buy Education Realty Trust and its portfolio of off-campus student housing communities had been rumored for months, the $4.6 billion, all-cash deal announced this week...
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