Retail
Aho Properties and SVN/Parsons negotiate $1.65m multi-tenant building sale
Southboro MA Joel Aho, president of Aho Properties, LLC represented the buyer in the purchase of a 7,778 s/f multi-tenant retail/office building for $1.65 million. The property, located at 3-11 Turnpike Rd., is on 0.83 acres.
btone FITNESS opens two locations - 3,900 s/f
Mashpee, MA btone FITNESS has opened its two newest franchise locations: btone FITNESS Mashpee, a new 2,000 s/f studio, located at 32 Bates Rd. at Mashpee Commons. This studio is a new franchise studio owned and operated by residents and husband/wife team, Pete and Mel Collura, long-time devotees of btone FITNESS
WS Development trials Peyk delivery robot
Boston, MA WS Development welcomed UK-based Peyk to complete its U.S.-first commercial trial of delivery robots in the Seaport. The project is a critical step in revolutionizing the delivery sector around the globe. For the trial, Peyk partnered with various Seaport retail outlets to provide short-distance deliveries within a five-mile radius. Over one month, PeykBot performed numerous deliveries
Securing the storefront: How companies are tackling increasing retail theft - by Scott MacNeil
Retail crime, and specifically organized retail crime, is on the rise in major markets throughout the United States. In 2022, the National Retail Federation reported a loss of $112 billion, up from $99.3 billion in 2021. In addition to profit loss, many retailers are seeing increased operating costs for private security, and some large national retailers have even fled longstanding locations
Bulfinch and Bosse Sports bring
indoor pickleball to 97,000 s/f facility
Natick, MA An affiliate of The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. (Bulfinch), a commercial real estate and investment firm, is collaborating with Bosse Sports, to bring a pickleball complex and culinary destination to 310 Speen St. Bosse Sports owner DJ Bosse and partner/chef Chris Coombs merge athletic facilities with award-winning culinary expertise
Horvath & Tremblay sells Starbucks and Santander building for $5.95m
Acton, MA Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Horvath & Tremblay have completed the sale of a Starbucks professional building and a Santander Bank. Horvath & Tremblay exclusively represented the seller and procured the buyer to complete the transaction at a sale price of $5.95 million.
Press|Cuozzo facilitates 2,500 s/f
lease of free-standing retail building
Hamden, CT Stephen Press, SIOR and co-principal of Press|Cuozzo Commercial Services has completed the signing of a lease at 2345 Whitney Ave. Located in the town’s CBD, the 2,500 s/f free-standing building of-fers multi-level interior spaces and a large outside patio. The building is part of the Hamden Center Campus
Lyman Real Estate brokers two
retail space transactions - $425,000
Clinton, CT The building at 5 and 7 East Main St., has been sold. Lyman Broker & Development associate Sam Lyman represented both the sellers and buyer Ace Andaleeb in the $425,000 transaction. The property includes two first-floor retail spaces, a 1,232 s/f space that used to house a dance studio
PCA completes design for renovation of Saltie Girl in the Back Bay
Boston, MA Architecture, planning and interiors firm PCA, Inc. completed design for the recent renovations of the award-winning seafood restaurant, Saltie Girl in the Back Bay neighborhood. The design expresses restaurateur Kathy Sidell’s Saltie Girl brand and her lifelong love for the ocean.
KeyPoint Partners assumes leasing and management at Parkade Plaza
North Adams, MA KeyPoint Partners (KPP) is handling property management and leasing for Parkade Plaza, a 127,626 s/f retail center in an historic community bordering Williamstown, within sight of Mount Greylock in the Berkshires. KPP was awarded the contracts by the new owner.