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Posted: May 6, 2009
Alignment Financial Group leases 1,519 s/f; McKinnon of The Grossman Cos. is exclusive broker
Alignment Financial Group LLC has leased 1, 519 s/f at The Pride Building at the corner of Main South and Main Sts. in historic Hingham Sq. With this lease, the property is 100% leased.
Representing the tenant and the landlord, Hingham Square LLC, was exclusive broker Richard McKinnon, director of brokerage services for The Grossman Cos., Inc., of Quincy. Representing the tenant was Jay Driscoll of Cushman & Wakefield.
Dan Pimental is Alignment Financial Group LLC's president.
The Pride Building is home to several retail and office tenants including Brewed Awakenings, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Cambridge Mortgage Group, Nona's Ice Cream, Worldwide Travel and Roth & Seelen Architects.
The Grossman Companies, Inc., offers a full range of brokerage services with a focus on sales and leasing of commercial property throughout New England.
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