Brandon Leitner and Rick Lowe of Cresa Boston represented AKF Group in a 15,247 s/f office lease at 99 Bedford St. in downtown. Presently occupying 7,820 s/f at 41 Farnsworth St. in the city's Innovation District, AKF is targeting spring 2014 as a move-in date to the five-story, 84,000 s/f standalone office building, where it will occupy the entire second floor.
Barry Dubé and Kari Panutich of Cresa's project management group will oversee and manage the construction and relocation to the building.
The landlord, Plymouth Rock Assurance, was represented by Ted Wheatley, Dan Cavanaugh, and Brad McGill at Jones Lang LaSalle.
According to Leitner, Brian Mulkerrin, PE, Managing Partner of AKF Boston, AKF views 99 Bedford Street as the perfect building and location for expanding its operations in Boston.
Cresa LLC, the nation's largest corporate real estate advisory firm exclusively representing tenants, is headquartered in Boston.
Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services. With almost 60 offices, Cresa is one of the largest tenant representation firms in North America.