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Credit Suisse Acquires Historic Boston Office Building for $50M

Credit Suisse has acquired Bedford Block, an 86,241-square-foot office building in central Boston for $50.3 million.

The five-story property was built in 1875 in a Venetian Gothic architecture style. Between 1983 and 1984, the property was updated to include 83,741 square feet of office space and 2,500 square feet of retail space. Current tenants at the building include AT&T, The Nature Conservancy and Lavallee Brensinger Architects.

The seller was Plymouth Rock, which had acquired the property in 1995. Additionally, Boston Private Bank & Trust Co. provided Credit Suisse with a $31 million acquisition loan for the property.

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David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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