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Is working from home working for you? - by Stanley Hurwitz

Are you as productive working from home as you were at your pre-COVID traditional office? Is your physical and/or mental health suffering? Has your kitchen become the company cafeteria? On your “new normal” work day, is your dog or cat the only one you talk to “in person?” Many like working from home – especially if their daily commute has morphed from a 45-minute, stressful rush-hour crawl to a two-minute stroll from the bedroom to the home office.

The future of hospitality: How architects are adapting to accommodate the new normal - by Harry Wheeler

We’re 11 months into 2020 and if someone would have told me that the world was continuing to battle a global pandemic I, like many of you, would have thought that was preposterous! Unfortunately, we all continue to live with impacts from COVID-19 and face ongoing health and safety concerns for ourselves, our families, our loved ones, and as business owners – our customers and employees. 

Newmark represents Storage Pros in a 16-property portfolio sale

Boston, MA Newmark’s Self Storage Group has completed the sale of a 16-property New England self-storage portfolio on behalf of its client, Michigan-based Storage Pros Management LLC. This transaction represents Newmark’s fourth large portfolio sale with Storage Pros’ industry veterans and leaders, David Levenfeld, Ian Burnstein and John Price.

Business Liability Insurance: Intro. to Causes of Action - by Michael Brangwynne 

This is the third article in a series on the circumstances that attach to a civil lawsuit. Earlier articles in the series can be found on Fletcher Tilton’s website under Articles and on the NEREJ website.  In order to lay a proper foundation, it seems necessary to take one final detour before diving into the most common causes of action. As we saw in the second installment of this series, based on the principal of respondeat superior, an employee’s single careless act can have dramatic consequences on his employer’s business.

The Stubblebine Co./CORFAC International broker $10.4 million sale of 66,219 s/f

Woburn, MA David, James and Micah Stubblebine, principals, and Ellen Garthoff, senior advisor, of The Stubblebine Co./CORFAC International represented BirchPoint LLC and Lizwob Realty LLC in the $10.4 million sale of 180 New Boston St. The buyer was a joint venture partnership comprised of Oliver Street Capital and Bain Capital Real Estate.

MassHousing closes $28.994 million refinance for Town Brook House

Quincy, MA MassHousing has closed on $28.994 million in affordable housing financing to Wollaston Lutheran Housing, Inc., for the refinancing and extension of affordability for at least 20 years for lower-income senior citizens and residents with disabilities at the 151-unit Town Brook House.  

King Street Properties begins construction on Cambridge lab - partnering with Healthpeak Properties on the $170 million project

Cambridge, MA According to Boston-based life science developer King Street Properties, (King Street) construction has begun on 101 Cambridgepark, a new class A laboratory building located at 101 Cambridge Park Dr. King Street is partnering with California-based Healthpeak Properties on the $170 million project, which will deliver in the third quarter of 2022. 

Wallace Farm Phase II in Londonderry, NH built by North Branch Construction obtains certificate of occupancy

Londonderry, NH Building 5, one of three multi-unit apartment buildings under construction by North Branch Construction in Phase II at the Wallace Farm Apartment Homes community on Bridle Path Ln., has been issued a certificate of occupancy. Units are currently being rented in the newly completed building.

Aho of Aho Props. leases 6,690 s/f industrial to A.B.E. Electrical Installations and brokers $530,000 sale

Hudson, MA  Joel Aho, president of Aho Properties LLC, represented ownership in the lease of 6,690 s/f of industrial space to A.B.E. Electrical Installations at 19 Bonazzoli Ave. The property is now fully leased. In a separate off-market transaction, Aho represented RBA Associates LLC in the sale of 2.9 acres of industrial land at 22 Bonazzoli Ave. to Timothy Shannon for $530,000.

Atlantic Commercial RE handles $255,000 sale of 2,400 s/f industrial condo

Foxborough, MA Atlantic Commercial Real Estate, LLC brokers the $255,000 sale of 14 Perry Dr., Unit B, one of four industrial condominiums located in the Ganawatte Place Business Condominiums Industrial Facility. The facility features ample parking, drive-in bays, loading dock, high stud height, finished office spaces and mezzanine storage.