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O'Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. brokers 21,800 s/f lease

Bret O'Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc., recently completed two related transactions in New Englander Industrial Park totaling 21,800 s/f. O'Brien was the sole broker in a 17,000 s/f lease extension of Abbess Instruments at 75 October Hill Rd. The space consists of 5,000 s/f of office space and the balance high bay warehouse space. Abbess Instruments manufactures custom vacuum chambers for small to large organizations with low vacuum degassing through to high vacuum space simulation applications. O'Brien simultaneously brokered a second transaction in the same park at 70 Bartzak Dr., where he represented the principals of Abbess Instruments who owned a 4,800 s/f industrial condo. Greater Boston Commercial Properties' ability to lease this excess space at 70 Bartzak Dr. for Abbess Instruments allowed Abbess to in turn move forward with the other transaction at 75 October Hill Rd. The new tenant at 70 Bartzak Dr. is Oligo Factory, who was represented by Rick Kaplan of RE/Max Executive Realty. Oligo plans to retrofit the unit to a biotechnology lab space for Oligo synthesis.
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