
Springfield, MA Paul Bongiorni of SR Commercial Realty represented the seller of a retail portfolio at 885-887 Sumner Ave. and 9-15 Dorset St. The sale consisted of three buildings: A single-tenant building on Sumner Ave., a multi-tenant plaza on Dorset St., and a small warehouse. The buildings are fully leased to four small businesses and total 4,888 s/f of rentable space. The sale price was $310,000.
The properties are adjacent to a proposed conversion of the abandoned Highland Division Railroad to a public walking and biking trail. The trail would run parallel to Dorset St., crossing through the city’s East Forest Park neighborhood to Springfield College’s campus, and eventually interconnect to a separate trail project in the Mc-
Knight neighborhood. A feasibility study has been completed, and the project is now in the funding and design stages.
Supply chain delays are slowing construction, ratcheting up operating costs, and extending turnover timelines across Greater Boston, directly reducing revenue and increasing the workload for multifamily and