Massachusetts
Blackstone Real Estate to Acquire Cambridge Lab Portfolio for $3.5B
Blackstone Property Partners Life Sciences (BPPLS) has announced plans to acquire a 2.3 million-square-foot lab office portfolio from a Brookfield… Read more
KKR Expands Warehouse Portfolio with $835M Deal
KKR said Friday it had acquired a 9.7-million-square-foot industrial portfolio in seven major markets across the U.S. from High Street… Read more
Markward Group Arranges Sale of 83K-SF Industrial Facility in Easton
Markward Group has arranged the sale of an 83,320-square-foot industrial facility in Easton, MASS. The sales price was undisclosed. Located… Read more
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Amid Coronavirus Resurgence
The number of people filing initial jobless claims in the U.S. reversed course last week from a pattern it had… Read more
JV Acquires Four-Building Industrial Portfolio in Wilmington for $55M
CBRE has brokered the $55 million sale of the 93 North Industrial Portfolio, a four-building, 255,678-square-foot industrial portfolio in Wilmington,… Read more
RK Centers Snags Framingham Retail Plaza for $23M
Needham-based RK Centers has acquired an 80,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Super Stop & Shop in Framingham, MASS. The… Read more
Harrison Street, Partners Sell Cambridge Life Science Portfolio for $720M
Harrison Street and partners The Bulfinch Cos. and National Real Estate Advisors have announced the sale of Cambridge Discovery Park,… Read more
CBRE Arranges $29M Sale of Industrial Facility in Taunton
CBRE has brokered the $28.6 million sale of a 181,900-square-foot industrial facility in Taunton, MASS. Built in 2002, the facility… Read more
Beacon Bags Life Science Conversion Opportunity in Emeryville
Hollis Business Center, a two-building Class A office and life science conversion opportunity in Emeryville, traded hands for an undisclosed… Read more
Market Basket Supermarket Opens at Maynard Crossing MXU Project
A new Market Basket Supermarket has opened at the 730,000-square-foot Maynard Crossing mixed-use development in Maynard, MASS. The developer of… Read more
Lawyers in Real Estate 2020: Manulife’s Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer L. Wilson joined Manulife in 2011 and is Associate Chief Counsel in the North American Investment Law group. Based… Read more
Skanska to Build 27-Story Office Tower in Boston’s Back Bay
Global construction and development firm Skanska has announced plans to build a 27-story office tower in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.… Read more
JV Snags Metro Boston Industrial Property for $76M
A joint venture between Griffith Properties and Dune Real Estate Partners have acquired Boston Dedham Commerce Park, a 632,188-square-foot industrial… Read more
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $6M Sale of Lake Alfred Retail Property
Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6 million sale of a 3,500-square-foot retail property net-leased to 7-Eleven in Lake Alfred,… Read more
Driven by Leisure and Hospitality Layoffs, Vegas and NYC Led Pandemic Job Losses
Just as certain demographic cohorts appear to be more vulnerable to COVID-19, so some metro areas—and job segments—have been hit… Read more
Callahan Construction Begins Work on 139K-SF Waltham Lab Project
Callahan Construction Managers has started work on 300 3rd Ave., a new 139,000-square-foot life science development in Waltham, MA. The… Read more
Newmark Taps Matt George as Senior Managing Director in Boston
Newmark has tapped Matt George as Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Boston’s downtown brokerage group. In his new role,… Read more
Walker Webcast: CEOs of EQR, BXP See Rebound for Urban Centers
They’re the CEOs of two of the largest and highest-profile REITs in their property sectors, each operating in both urban… Read more
Newmark Closes Student Housing Sales in IN, KY
Newmark arranged the sales of The Avenue and The Lex, two mid-rise student housing assets totaling 1,007 beds in Indianapolis… Read more