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JOSS Realty has purchased 55 Walkers Brook Dr. from Rubenstein Partners, L.P. and Nordblom Co.

Reading, MA JOSS Realty has purchased 55 Walkers Brook Dr., a fully-leased 139,356 s/f class A office property located in the Rte. 128 North...

Suffolk hires Stendahl as CMO and Mahajan as CFO

Boston, MA Suffolk, one of the most successful, privately held building contractors in the country, has hired former E*TRADE chief marketing officer (CMO) Lea Stendahl as its new CMO and former GE vice president of financial planning and analysis Puneet Mahajan as its new CFO.

Graycor Construction expands with opening of Burlington office

Burlington, MA Graycor Construction Company is opening a new office in the city, to provide construction services for projects throughout th...

Millerd, Smith, Penman and Torto of NKF broker $14 million sale

Cambridge, MA Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has completed the $14 million sale of the leased fee interest at 9-15 Brattle St. On behalf of a private family trust, vice chairman Geoffrey Millerd, managing director Justin Smith, director Paul Penman and financial analyst Samantha Torto of NKF’s Boston Capital Markets team

Waldman brings A1 Marketplace to 100% occupancy with Finnegans

Walpole, MA Last year Dan Waldman of Waldman & Associates brought the Walpole Mall to 100% occupancy and recently he leased to Finnegans Wake Restaurant the last remaining space at A1 Marketplace at 643-703 Main St. Waldman also added Dollar Tree, Middlesex Savings Bank, One Small Step, Integrity Tax Service and All-State Insurance. 

JJManning completes auction of Carnegie Abbey Club for $8.805m

Portsmouth, RI JJManning Auctioneers completed the January 10th closing of the $8.805 million auction sale of fee & leasehold interests in Newport County’s “The Carnegie Abbey Club” held on December 4. The auction was a multi-part or in the entirety event featuring the Donald Steel designed 18-hole course, clubhouse, and 41-slip marina that lie on 280 acres on Narragansett Bay

Ciummei, Tisbert and McMahon of JLL rep. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England in 200,000 s/f lease

South Windsor, CT The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England (CCNNE) has signed a long-term lease agreement for 200,000 s/f of built-to-suit, class A industrial building at 359 Ellington Rd. The company will use the building as a new warehouse and distribution center. Development is scheduled to be complete and the facility fully operational by November. 

Cawley of United Multi Family brokers $3.42 million sale of an 18-unit apartment building known as the Colonial Apartments

Quincy, MA United Multi Family brokered the sale of an 18-unit apartment building known as the Colonial Apartments at 57 Spear St. The property was sold for $3.42 million ($190,000 per unit). Kurt Cawley of United Multi Family brokered the sale. 

Vidal/Wettenstein and Angel Commercial co-broker $1.375 million sale

Fairfield, CT Doyle Insurance Agency has purchased an office building at 45 Sherman St. The purchase price was $1.375 million for the 3,406 s/f building and back cottage, or  $403.70 per s/f. The firm is presently located in Southport and will relocate their offices to the new location after renovations take place. 

Memoirs from PR trenches: Humorous in hindsight - by Stanley Hurwitz

You’ve seen the Farmers Insurance commercials with tours of a make-believe museum displaying unusual real client claims the company paid. The ‘guide’ boasts: “We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.” Similarly, when it comes to your PR/marketing, it’s best to go with experience – a pro who’s “seen a thing or two.”