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Connolly Brothers Inc. completes a new, ground-up 127,120 s/f CubeSmart self-storage facility in Canton, MA
Canton, MA Connolly Brothers Inc., a construction management firm serving private commercial, industrial and institutional clients, completed a new, ground-up 127,120 s/f self-storage facility for a development team at 362 Turnpike St.
Horvath & Tremblay brokers $12.3 million sale of LA Fitness in Saugus, MA
Saugus, MA Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Horvath & Tremblay have completed the sale of LA Fitness. Horvath & Tremblay exclusively represented the seller and secured the buyer to complete the transaction at a sale price of $12.3 million.
Hoffmann wins 2026 Connecticut Preservation Award for Sterling Community Center restoration
Stratford, CT Hoffmann Architects + Engineers, a design firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, announced that the restoration of Sterling Community Center in Stratford has been selected for a 2026 Connecticut Preservation Award from Preservation Connecticut.
Finegold Alexander Architects celebrates ribbon-cutting for new Gladstone Elementary
Cranston, RI Finegold Alexander Architects, a Boston-based women-owned architecture firm, celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the new Gladstone Elementary School. Finegold Alexander joined
Italiaander and Roop of The Boulos Company sell 77-acre Wassamki Springs Campground for $6 million
Scarborough, ME Wassamki Springs Campground — a 77.82-acre, 261-site property at 56 Saco St. — has found a new owner after generations in the Hillock family. William A. Hillock Corp. sold Portland’s closest campground
New England Real Estate Journal's 2026 Women in Commercial Real Estate Spotlight
NEREJ's Women in CRE Spotlight celebrates the women making an impact across commercial real estate and the companies that recognize, support and champion them.
Marcus & Millichap brokers $31.9 million sale of apartment portfolio in Rhode Island
Newport, RI Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of the Newport Portfolio, a 33-property, 96-unit multifamily portfolio in Newport and Portsmouth, R.I. The portfolio sold for $31.965 million, or $333,000 per unit.
The Lodge at Spruce Peak recognized with Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award - #3 in New England
Stowe, VT Condé Nast Traveler revealed the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards, with The Lodge at Spruce Peak recognized as the #3 U.S. Resort in New England.
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WinnCompanies and Arch Communities complete 56-unit transit-oriented community
Braintree, MA WinnCompanies and development partner Arch Communities have completed The Eastwalk, a 56-unit, transit-oriented, mixed-income development.
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Northwest Bank finances Luzern Associates’ $47.75m acquisition
Danvers, MA Northwest Bank provided $34.5 million in financing to support Luzern Associates LLC’s $47.75 million acquisition of the Cherry Hill industrial portfolio, a three-building campus totaling 200,000 s/f.
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Wright-Ryan celebrates 10 years of ESOP and named Best Place to Work in Maine
Portland, ME Wright-Ryan is celebrating two significant milestones this October: the company has once again been named one of the 2026 Best Places to Work in Maine, while also celebrating 10 years as a 100% employee-owned company through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
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I’m optimistic that Southern New Hampshire is no longer waiting for the next industrial cycle. It may already be in it. Two announcements in September 2026, United Therapeutics’ purchase of the former Anheuser-Busch campus and
As Pawtucket looks toward new leadership following Adam Greenman’s victory in the September 9 Democratic primary, The Pawtucket Foundation extends its appreciation to mayor Donald Grebien for nearly 16 years of service
This shift from transaction-driven to release-driven regulation is already influencing how buyers, sellers, and developers evaluate environmental risk. Under the CPTP framework, environmental obligations were often triggered solely because a qualifying property changed ownership. The result was that many transactions became bogged down by environmental compliance requirements that had little relationship to current environmental risks.
Every day, homes, apartments, hospitals, universities, and commercial buildings discharge warm wastewater into sewer systems. That thermal energy can be captured and reused to heat and cool nearby buildings, reducing fossil fuel consumption and lowering operating costs. Massachusetts,
An apartment property manager recently posed a simple question on social media: which amenities do residents actually care about, and which ones just look good on a tour? The responses told a consistent story. Residents rarely mention smart locks or coworking lounges when they talk about what keeps them in a lease.
In our first white paper we defined what value engineering (VE) is; to recap – Value Engineering is an additional layer of cost analysis that the construction manager can perform to arrive at an improved functionality-to-cost ratio, without sacrificing quality.
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