Boston & New England

Harvard University, Tishman Speyer and Breakthrough Properties were joined on June 23 by Mayor Michelle Wu and a host of university, elected, local community and business leaders to cut the ribbon on the first phase of the Enterprise Research Campus (ERC), a nine-acre mixed-use development in Boston’s Allston neighborhood.  The first phase of the ERC, a …

Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) and the Mayor’s Office of Housing topped off construction at the 75 Dudley St. development in Nubian Square. The project will create 15 new income-restricted residential condominiums in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on one of four parcels identified for redevelopment through PLAN: Nubian. “This new development will create safe, stable, and …

After its closure in May, the campus of Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA has been listed for sale, with Worcester-based Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates selected as the property’s listing broker, the Worcester Business Journal reported. Located at 50 Sunset Ln., the campus spans more than 260 acres and could support several future uses, said Will Kelleher IV, …

A proposed ballot measure to reintroduce rent control to Massachusetts will not go before voters this fall following a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that the law would be unconstitutional, reported the Boston Business Journal. The potential ballot question failed to advance to voters because of an exemption for religious institutions. A ballot question would have …

In connection with a planned expansion of its Massachusetts operations, robotics company Boston Dynamics has signed a long-term lease of 320,000 square feet at BXP’s Reservoir Place, a 530,000-square-foot building located at 1601 Trapelo Rd. in Waltham. The company intends to invest approximately $100 million to develop a state-of-the-art robotics and AI center at Reservoir …

EagleBridge Capital has arranged $5,900,000 construction mortgage financing for Phase One of Cedarbrook Homes in Swansea, MA. The mortgage was arranged by EagleBridge senior director Brian Walsh and principal Ted Sidel. The loan was provided by a leading national lender. Phase One, now under construction, includes eight buildings with a total of sixteen duplex townhomes. …

John M. Corcoran & Co. has launched leasing at Dexter Street Commons, a new construction 150-unit apartment community with ground-floor retail in the Conant Thread District of Pawtucket, RI. Built by New England Construction, the five-story property will be managed by John M. Corcoran & Co, with move-ins expected to begin in late August. “Dexter Street Commons was designed around how people …

EOS Investors LLC, the real estate investment firm founded in 2017 by Jonathan Wang, has acquired The Press Hotel, Autograph Collection, a 110-key lifestyle hotel located in Portland, ME, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition adds a top Portland hotel to EOS’s New England portfolio, encompassing 16 hotels, including eleven in Maine specifically. Simon Mais, …