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The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. sign 28,779 s/f in leases at 117 Kendrick

Needham, MA The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. (Bulfinch) has fully leased 117 Kendrick St. Workbar and Waterstone Properties are both set to join the list of tenants at the building. The leases total 28,779 s/f.

Girolamo of Horvath & Tremblay broker $2.56 million in two sales

Beverly, MA Stephen Girolamo of Horvath & Tremblay has completed the sales of two local apartment buildings, totaling 12 units. 43-45 Roundy St. closed for $1.435 million, as well as 32 Dane St., which sold for $1.125 million.

Jewett Construction hires Cambridge as vice president

Raymond, NH Jewett Construction has added Myles Cambridge to its operations team, as the vice president of N.H. operations. He will ensure that each project is exceptional and results in the highest level

SJC upholds dismissal of zoning appeal for lack of standing

The threshold question in many land use appeals is whether the appealing party has standing to object to the action of the local Building Inspector or Zoning Board. In an unusual step on March 6, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Disaster relief 1031 deadline extensions - by Patricia Flowers

With IRS News Release IR-2020-58, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced that the federal income tax filing due date is automatically extended from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020.

Vacation and second homes: You may be able to defer 100% of your capital gains tax - by Robert Charland

Do you have a second home or vacation home that you are thinking of selling? Did you know that you may be able to defer 100% of your capital gains tax from the sale of the property? IRC §1031 allows you to sell qualified use property, property

The great real estate tax break: Combining a like kind exchange and the principal residence exclusion - by John Starling

An exchange may qualify under Internal Revenue Code 1031 (I.R.C. § 1031) when the taxpayer’s property is partially a personal residence and partially qualifying investment or business property under I.R.C. § 1031. This is sometimes called “mixed use” property.

1031 Exchanges amid coronavirus: Will taxpayers be able to extend their deadlines for identifying and purchasing replacement property? - by Brendan Greene

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 allows a property owner, who holds property for “the productive use in a trade or business or for investment,” to defer paying any capital gains taxes if the property owner sells such property, identifies

The Dartmouth Co. executes $9.25 million sale in Bay Village to New Boston Ventures

Boston, MA The Dartmouth Company has completed the sale of 132 Arlington St. located in the city’s historic Bay Village neighborhood. The Dartmouth Co. team led by David Smookler and Peter Considine

Attorneys Jason Scopa and Adam Paton work together on $30m eminent domain case

It was a sad day, June 30, 2018, when the pastoral leader of The Stigmatine Fathers, Robert White was forced to leave the 46 acre campus that had been the home of The Stigmatine Fathers for 100 years. This Catholic organization, having historical roots in Rome