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Freudenheim Partners signs 13,916 s/f in office leases at 308 Congress St. - Boston Children’s Museum

Boston, MA Freudenheim Partners has completed two new leases totaling 13,916 s/f at 308 Congress St., home to the Boston Children’s Museum. Silverman Trykowski Inc. (STA), an architecture and interior design studio, relocated from the Financial District to Fort Point Channel and is occupying 2,569 s/f on the 5th floor.

SVN | Parsons | Boston completes 28,000 s/f in medical office leases

Haverhill, MA SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston has completed 28,000 s/f of renewed medical office leases and extensions at 62 Brown St. Senior advisor, Alex Berger, along with assistant managing director of brokerage, Matt Quinlan, and associate advisor, Miguel Encarnacion, of SVN | Parsons represented the landlords, Thomas Park Investments and Echo Real Estate Capital in all transactions.

R.W. Holmes negotiates three leases totaling 30,359 s/f at 85 Rangeway Rd.

Billerica, MA R.W. Holmes, a commercial brokerage firm, has negotiated three leases, totaling 30,359 s/f of space at Forest Ridge Office Park, 85 Rangeway Rd. Meta Materials Inc., a developer of high-performance functional materials and intelligent surfaces, leased 12,655 s/f. R.W. Holmes vice presidents Jim Bartholomew and Mike Ogasapian represented Meta Materials and the owner, K&L Realty.

Durgin of Conway Commercial brokers $1.5 million sale of 35 Hanover St.

Hanover, MA Paul Durgin, vice president of Conway Commercial, brokered the sale of 35 Hanover St. for $1.5 million. The property included three buildings: a multi-level office building, a warehouse with an office above, and a garage.

East Cambridge Savings Bank earns honorable mention in Ragan PR Daily Awards

Cambridge, MA East Cambridge Savings Bank has been named an honorable mention recipient of Ragan’s PR Daily Awards in the corporate communication campaign and integrated public relations and marketing categories. East Cambridge Savings Bank was chosen from a wide pool of entries to receive honorable mention recognitions for their “Benefits of a Mutual Bank” campaign, a multi-channel digital campaign to educate customers and the public about the benefits of doing business with a mutually held savings bank.

Stubblebine Company/CORFAC International arranges 25,500 s/f lease at 44 York Avenue

Randolph, MA James and David Stubblebine, principals of The Stubblebine Company/CORFAC International, represented the tenant, Gentle Giant Moving Company, in the lease of 44 York Ave. from Logan Family Realty, LLC. The property, located two miles from I-93 and six miles from I-95, consists of a 25,500 s/f industrial building situated on 1.47 acres.

Vega joins Connolly Brothers as business development manager

Beverly, MA Connolly Brothers has hired Stacey Vega as business development manager. Before joining the team at Connolly Brothers, Vega spent more than eight years as business development manager at JM Coull, Inc.

Cushman & Wakefield arranges 260,150 s/f lease for Martignetti Cos.

Taunton, MA Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 260,150 s/f lease for Ferguson Plumbing Supply at the Taunton Trade Center located at 300 Charles F. Colton Rd. Cushman & Wakefield’s Phillip Verre, Rob Byrne, Pete Whoriskey and Paul Leone represented the landlord, Martignetti Companies

Pleasant Valley Country Club acquired by Galaxy Links, LLC for $4.1 million

Sutton, MA Pleasant Valley Country Club was acquired December 28th by Galaxy Links, LLC of Webster, Mass. for $4.1 million.  The 200-acre nationally known and historic private New England golf course is renowned for hosting numerous PGA and LPGA

Cummings Foundation donates $50 million toward world health

Woburn, MA A new $50 million gift from the Cummings Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate of commercial real estate firm Cummings Properties, will expand the work of late global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer.