Newton, MA The New England Chapter of SIOR held its annual Robert W. Holmes Scholarship Night at Brae Burn Country Club on October 4. The event started at 6 p.m. with passed appetizers and cocktails.
East Boston, MA New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of New York Life Insurance Company, completed the $97 million financing of Portside II at East Pier, a 296 unit, multifamily property. The borrower is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
Southington, CT Ralph Calabrese and Tony Valenti of the R. Calabrese Agency, LLC completed the $1.075 million sale of 1850 West St. The fully occupied two story office building houses a daycare in the upper level and a chiropractor and art studio in the lower level.
Dorchester, MA Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) has begun construction on the historic Upham’s Corner comfort station that will transform the neglected building into Sip ‘&’ Spoke, a café, bike repair shop and meeting place for the neighborhood.
Melrose, MA This holiday season, Metro Credit Union employees partnered with The Salvation Army in support of their Angel Tree program.
The Salvation Army national holiday assistance program provides new clothes and toys for roughly 1 million children who otherwise may go without gifts. Donors select anonymous children (known as “Angels”) and fulfill their wish lists, which include a toy of the child’s choosing and sizes for essential winter clothes.
Boston, MA Six new directors were elected to the MassEcon board at their annual meeting, along with the re-election of four board members and six directors named as officers and executive committee members.
The new directors elected to the board of the 25-year-old pro-business nonprofit organization headquartered in Watertown, are: Tamara Small, CEO-elect of NAIOP; Theresa Conroy, vice president of TD
Worcester, MA DPS Group and Hodess Cleanroom Construction have completed a proprietary cell therapy manufacturing facility for Mustang Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Mustang Bio engaged Hodess as prime consultant on the design/build project, and Hodess selected DPS Group for its depth of experience designing current cGMP manufacturing facilities. DPS Group’s Boston office provided architectural and engineering services for the new facility.
Portland, ME Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) completed the sale of a fully approved hotel development site at the former Rufus Deering Lumber Co. in downtown.
The HFF team represented the seller, Reger Dasco Properties, and procured the buyer/developer Norwich Partners, LLC.
Salem, MA Workbar, Boston’s original coworking network, has plans to open a brand new workspace located in downtown Salem. Slated to open in February, the 6,500 s/f workspace marks Workbar’s 10th location in the state, and extends on its commitment to offer professionals and entrepreneurs quality workspaces in both urban and suburban regions.
Milford, CT According to Barbara Pearce, CEO and president of Pearce Real Estate, John Bergin, senior commercial specialist for Pearce Commercial, has sold the 5,807 s/f industrial structure at 20-26 Quirk Rd. for $470,000.
The building contains two units, one leased by a medical laboratory and the other to be used by the buyer. The property sits on .45 acres.
