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O’Brien Commercial Properties, Inc. handles two sales totaling $3.7 million

Billerica, MA Sheauman Laser Inc. has purchased 5 Federal St. for $3 million. 5 Federal is a 60,000 s/f three-story brick and glass building located in a campus style office park off Rte. 3. Sheauman plans to retrofit the first and second floor

Market Square Architects PLLC hire Cheney and Ruby

Portsmouth, NH Market Square Architects PLLC, has hired two new members to the firm. Sothea Cheney, AIA, was hired as a project architect and Rebecca Ruby was hired as a project manager.

Wood and Quinn of SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston complete 5,000 s/f office/medical lease

Hudson, MA SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston completed the recent lease of 5,000 s/f of office/medical space at 1 Cabot Rd. Advisor Alex Wood and senior advisor, Garrett Quinn, represented the tenant,

Cummings Properties signs lease with Sandymount Technologies for 6,948 s/f at Cummings Park

Woburn, MA Beer innovator Sandymount Technologies is preparing to move its base of operations from Somerville to a 6,948 s/f facility in Cummings Park.

Kane promoted to president and CEO of A.D. Makepeace Co.

Wareham, MA James Kane, COO of the A.D. Makepeace Co., has been promoted to president and CEO of the company. Kane will replace Michael Hogan, who will shift to direct the company’s Redbrook operations in Plymouth

Dacon answers child’s Make-A-Wish request: Designing a child’s wish via virtual reality

Dover, MA Nurturing the imaginative mind is something every parent desires for their children. As an essential element for dexterity, cognitive and emotional strength, play enhances perceptual development, emotional growth and social interaction.

Using material price escalation clauses to mitigate risk in an uncertain political climate - by Ciotti and Dockery

Current economic conditions and recent changes to trade policy governing the importation of goods crucial to construction activities—aluminum, steel, fuel, etc.—have had a significant impact on the cost of these and other goods in recent years. As a result, owners and developers must be prepared with strategies to mitigate

Oxford Properties Group completes 159,860 s/f office lease to Klaviyo at 125 Summer St. office tower

Boston, MA Oxford Properties Group (Oxford), the global real estate arm of OMERS, completed a 159,860 s/f lease to Klaviyo at 125 Summer St. Klaviyo, a marketing automation and email platform, will become one of the biggest customers

New England Real Estate Journal hosts Construction Trends of the Future Summit on September 19th

Needham, MA The New England Real Estate Journal (NEREJ) held their Construction Trends of the Future Summit on September 19th at the Sheraton Boston Needham Hotel at 100 Cabot St.

TRB Realty brokers sale and transfer of Stadium Portfolio

Allston, MA Exclusively on behalf of Stadium Auto Body and Shodis Realty Trust, in a portfolio sale transaction that closed in October 2016, TRB Realty negotiated on behalf of ownership