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Macnamara of KS Partners brokers eight office leases totaling 39,000 s/f

According to KS Partners, eight deals totaling almost 39,000 s/f of office space have been leased at the Dedham Executive Center located at 980/990 Washington St. Robert Macnamara, executive vice president and COO, of KS Partners represented the landlord along with the team of James Elcock, Davis Goodhue and William Lynch of Colliers Meredith & Grew. Since purchasing the Dedham Executive Center, KS Partners has committed to over $2 million in upgrades and building improvements to the Dedham Executive Center. Macnamara said, "The Dedham Executive Center is a great building in a great location that offers terrific exposure for our tenants." James Grady, vice president director of leasing for KS Partners said, "KS Partners was able to secure a majority of the tenants that came through the door because we identified their problems and solved them!" The new leases include the following: *Hilco Appraisal Services 9,014 s/f, the tenant was represented by CBRE. *Dedham Opthalmic Consultants & Surgeons, PC 5,999 s/f, the tenant was represented by Jones Lang LaSalle. *Boston Medtech Advisors, 1,094 s/f, the tenant was represented by Parsons Commercial Group. *Countrywide Bank 8,140 s/f, the tenant was represented by Meredith & Grew. *Corporate Incentive Solutions 4,922 s/f , the tenant was represented by Boston Realty Advisors. *NCH Corp., 1,154 s/f, the tenant was represented by Cushman & Wakefield. *GE Capital (renewal) 7,735 s/f, the tenant was represented by Cushman & Wakefield. *James Bonaccorsi LLC, renewal 763 s/f, the renewal deal was negotiated by the tenant. Elcock, executive VP of Colliers Meredith & Grew said, "Dedham Executive Center has been repositioned by KS Partners, LLC to be the best value in the Dedham/Westwood office market." 
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