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City Kids empowers high school students with real-world financial education at Milton High’s Reality Fair

Milton, MA City Kids, a leading youth education nonprofit founded by City Realty Group, participated in a “Reality Fair” at Milton High School. The event delivered invaluable lessons on financial responsibility and the realities of adult life to over 150 high school students.

MassDevelopment and Enterprise Bank help Applewild School expansion/upgrade

Fitchburg, MA MassDevelopment has issued an $11 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Applewild School Inc., an independent day and boarding school with campuses in Fitchburg and Devens. Applewild will use bond proceeds to build a new dormitory on its Fitchburg campus

Gardner of DMG Brokerage and Azubuike of Home America Realty sell 7,327 s/f auto body shop for $3.602 million

Hyde Park, MA Dan Gardner of DMG Brokerage has sold 1736 River St. for $3.602 million. Gardner represented the seller, Mike Delmonico. The buyer, Sefa Dugbazah, was represented by Gabriel Azubuike of Home America Realty & Investments.The property was a body shop called Supreme Auto,

Newmark facilitates 84,911 s/f in leases at The
Gutierrez Co.’s Westford Technolgy Park

Westford, MA Newmark has secured 84,911 s/f of office leases at Westford Technology Park, a class A office and R&D campus in the Rte. 495 submarket. The transactions included 54,000 s/f of renewals across tenants Nvidia, American Fujikura Limited and Sentry at 2 Westford Technology Park

Gilkie of R.W. Holmes handles new
6,200 s/f lease at 2 Centennial Dr.

Peabody, MA R.W. Holmes, one of the largest commercial brokerage firms serving tenants and landlords in Massachusetts for more than 45 years, has completed a new 6,200 s/f office lease at 2 Centennial Dr.

Estes steps down at The Boulos Co. - Stephenson and Francombe promoted

Portland, ME After 21 years with The Boulos Company, Jessica Estes is moving on. Estes joined the company in 2003 and became president in 2022. Since 2008, she has held various management positions, overseeing significant advancements in the company’s technology, shareholder program, and broker support model.

Citizens presents $420,000 in financial empowerment grants to support 13 Massachusetts nonprofit organizations

Boston, MA In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, Citizens announced $420,000 in financial empowerment grants to support 13 Massachusetts nonprofit organizations as part of the bank’s Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money program. Through funding and volunteerism, Citizens will support local financial literacy partners that provide training

Marcus & Millichap expands Institutional Property Advisors division across North America

Boston, MA Marcus & Millichap, a leading commercial real estate (CRE) brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, continues to build its senior-level broker and financing professional hiring momentum across its Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), multihousing, retail, and capital markets divisions.

MassDevelopment issues $400m bond
to Beth Israel Lahey Health

Boston, MA MassDevelopment has issued a $400 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc. (BILH), which is using proceeds to buy, build, expand, remodel, and renovate facilities at multiple locations across its health care system, including the Klarman Building at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Peabody Properties receives award from Bedford VA

Bedford, MA Peabody Properties has received a Friends of Social Work Award from the Bedford Veteran’s Affairs Healthcare System’s HUD-VASH Project Based Enhanced Services program. The Friends of Social Work Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of social workers within the HUD-VASH (Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) program at the Bedford VA.