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First Church of Christ Scientist and FHO Partners sign 88,000 s/f in leases

According to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and FHO Partners, five new leases totaling 88,000 s/f of office space in the 177 Huntington Ave. building at the Christian Science Plaza have been completed. Only two floors remain available for lease. New leases have been signed with CSN Stores LLC, Altus Marketing and Management, LLC, Charity Partners, Inc., One Pica, Inc., and Carbonite, Inc. CSN Stores will occupy six floors—approximately 48,000 s/f; Carbonite will occupy two floors; the other tenants will each take a full floor. Located in Back Bay, 177 Huntington Ave. offers class A office space convenient to restaurants, shops, and parking, as well as public transportation and major highways. Tom Ashe of Richards Barry Joyce represented CSN Stores. Monica Cost of Cushman & Wakefield and Stephen Rich of T3 Advisors represented Altus Marketing. Bill Crean of CB Richard Ellis represented Charity Partners. Mike Taylor of T3 Advisors represented One Pica. Gil Dailey of Cushman & Wakefield represented Carbonite. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was represented in the negotiations by J. Duncan Gratton and Lauria Brennan of FHO Partners' Asset Advisory Group.
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