BOMA Boston update: Webinar with mayor Marty Walsh

Boston, MA Last month, the Greater Boston Real Estate Board leadership held a webinar with Boston’s mayor, Marty Walsh on the impacts of COVID-19 on residential and commercial real estate.

CAI president’s message: The new balancing act

We have all heard the term the “new normal” ad nauseam. The pandemic has placed our governmental leaders and our industry with a new balancing act. The new balancing act presented by the pandemic is about protecting public health

Reflecting on facility management during a pandemic - by Phil Hammond

Ok it is tough living, working, and thinking during the pandemic! Running meetings in your bedroom with a fake backdrop filled with books, dealing with no daycare and bored teenagers, job insecurity, and muddling through Zoom

BioMed Realty to acquire XMBLY Campus of Assembly Sq. from Cresset Development and Novaya Real Estate Ventures

Somerville, MA BioMed Realty, a leading owner and operator of life science real estate, has signed a definitive agreement with Cresset Development and Novaya Real Estate Ventures to acquire the XMBLY Campus of Assembly Sq.

Barkan Management Co. hired to manage Villages at Brookside

Bourne, MA Barkan Management Company has continued its expansion in Barnstable and Plymouth Counties with a new management contract at The Villages at Brookside Condominium. Barkan now manages nine residential communities

KeyPoint Partners to manage four retail properties in New Hampshire

Hooksett, NH KeyPoint Partners, LLC has been awarded the property management contracts for four retail centers in New Hampshire, according to William Lawler, partner/director of property & asset management for the firm.

WinnDevelopment proceeds with $38.3 million mixed-income housing project

Lowell, MA WinnCompanies has closed on the financing needed to develop two vacant, side-by-side parcels in the city’s Hamilton Canal Innovation District to build the company’s fifth mixed-income development featuring workforce housing.

Unitex and Dacon to transform a 188,000 s/f manufacturing plant

Lawrence, MA Unitex and Dacon Corp. are transforming a 188,000 s/f manufacturing plant into an automated healthcare laundry and uniform service facility that is anticipated to bring 300 jobs to the city.

Abbot completes large scale masonry repair project in Boston

Boston, MA  Abbot Building Restoration Company, Inc. has completed a comprehensive masonry repair project involving 24 interconnected brick and stone apartment buildings in the Grove Hall neighborhood

Smith promoted to director of finance at Gale Associates, Inc.

Weymouth, MA According to Gale Associates, Inc., Scott Smith has been promoted to director of finance. Smith has been with Gale for 18 years and has served as the accounting manager for over 10 years.