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Hobbs Brook Real Estate signs 151,765 s/f
lease to Commonwealth Financial Network

Waltham, MA Hobbs Brook Real Estate (HBRE), a developer, owner, and operator of premier office and life science space, has signed Commonwealth Financial Network, to a 151,765 s/f lease at 275 Wyman St., a five-story, 300,000 s/f, class A, LEED Gold-Certified office building. Commonwealth will utilize its new space within the property

VHB forms partnership with Close, Jensen and Miller, P.C.

Wethersfield, CT VHB, one of the nation’s leading engineering, planning, and design companies, is joining forces with Close, Jensen and Miller, P.C. (CJM), a civil engineering firm.

Kelleher and Pentore of Horvath & Tremblay handle
$12.25 million sale of 35 residential units

Chelsea, MA Dennis Kelleher and John Pentore of Horvath & Tremblay have completed the sale of 35 residential units on the Chelsea/Everett line. Horvath & Tremblay represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

MountainOne acquires McClure Insurance Agency

Longmeadow, MA MountainOne Insurance Agency has acquired McClure Insurance Agency in West Springfield and Wilbraham, Mass. This is MountainOne Insurance’s second acquisition in the Pioneer Valley in the past year.

NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs broker two sales totaling $1.037 million

Auburn, MA Johnson Pleasant Realty LLC has sold its 6,820 s/f retail/commercial property at 6 Johnson St., to BB Warehouse LLC for $875,000. The property will be used as a wholesale/retail car battery and radiator business.

CoreNet Global - New England Chapter opens 2025 Awards of Excellence Call for Nominations

Boston, MA According to The CoreNet Global – New England Chapter, nominations for the 2025 Awards of Excellence are now open. Submissions will be accepted through February 10, 2025.

Butler, St. John, McLaughlin, and Bowler of CBRE complete the sale of the Marq at The Pinehills, Plymouth, MA

Plymouth, MA Representatives of CBRE, led by Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin, and Brian Bowler, completed the sale of the Marq at The Pinehills, a 220-unit, 100% market-rate apartment community located in The Pinehills.

SIOR NE Chapter holds annual market review and holiday reception

strong>Boston, MA The SIOR New England Chapter held its annual market panel overview at 100 Federal St. Over 50 attendees were in the auditorium on Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 3pm to 5pm and then followed by a holiday reception. The program was in partnership with Vantage Builders.

Richard Henige wins AISC's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award

Boston, MA Accoeding to LeMessurier, a leading structural and enclosure engineering firm based in New England, principal Richard Henige, PE, SE, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Lifetime Achievement

Boston City Group, Inc. sells 198 unit development site for $4.6 million - sold to to Wood Partners

Abington, MA A nine-acre multifamily development site located at 0 Summer St., fully permitted for 198 units comprising 277,186 s/f, was sold to Wood Partners for $4.6 million. Caroline Ligotti, Linda Redeker and Emily McGranaghan of Boston City Group, Inc. at Coldwell Banker Commercial, worked with the seller and procured the buyer.