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ARS celebrates 12th year of charitable giving by donating $750,000

Newton, MA ARS Restoration Specialists celebrates the 12th consecutive year of charitable giving, donating $750,000 to worthy non-profit organizations in 2018 most notably the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation and the Ellie Fund.

NKF orchestrates sale of 25 Mall Rd. to Piedmont Office Realty Trust

On behalf of the seller, vice chairman Edward Maher, executive managing director Matthew Pullen, managing director James Tribble and director Samantha Hallowell of NKF’s Boston Capital Markets team oversaw the transaction

Woods joins Consigli Construction Co., Inc. as executive director

Boston, MA Al Woods has joined Consigli Construction Co., Inc. as the executive director of corporate services. Woods will be responsible for providing strategic direction and growth of Consigli’s corporate interiors and building repositioning work

SIOR NE hosts annual Robert W. Holmes Scholarship Night

Newton, MA The New England Chapter of SIOR held its annual Robert W. Holmes Scholarship Night at Brae Burn Country Club on October 4. The event started at 6 p.m. with passed appetizers and cocktails.

New York Life Real Estate Investors facilitates $97 million in financing for Portside II at East Pier

East Boston, MA New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of New York Life Insurance Company, completed the $97 million financing of Portside II at East Pier, a 296 unit, multifamily property. The borrower is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

R. Calabrese Agency’s Calabrese and Valenti handle $1.075m sale

Southington, CT Ralph Calabrese and Tony Valenti of the R. Calabrese Agency, LLC completed the $1.075 million sale of 1850 West St. The fully occupied two story office building houses a daycare in the upper level and a chiropractor and art studio in the lower level.

Historic Boston Inc. begins work on transforming the historic Upham’s Corner comfort station

Dorchester, MA Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) has begun construction on the historic Upham’s Corner comfort station that will transform the neglected building into Sip ‘&’ Spoke, a café, bike repair shop and meeting place for the neighborhood.

Thru the Lens - Metro Credit Union and Salvation Army

Melrose, MA This holiday season, Metro Credit Union employees partnered with The Salvation Army in support of their Angel Tree program. The Salvation Army national holiday assistance program provides new clothes and toys for roughly 1 million children who otherwise may go without gifts. Donors select anonymous children (known as “Angels”) and fulfill their wish lists, which include a toy of the child’s choosing and sizes for essential winter clothes. 

MassEcon names six new directors to the board at annual meeting

Boston, MA Six new directors were elected to the MassEcon board at their annual meeting, along with the re-election of four board members and six directors named as officers and executive committee members. The new directors elected to the board of the 25-year-old pro-business nonprofit organization headquartered in Watertown, are: Tamara Small, CEO-elect of NAIOP; Theresa Conroy, vice president of TD

DPS Group and Hodess Cleanroom Construction complete 27,000 s/f facility for Mustang Bio

Worcester, MA DPS Group and Hodess Cleanroom Construction have completed a proprietary cell therapy manufacturing facility for Mustang Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Mustang Bio engaged Hodess as prime consultant on the design/build project, and Hodess selected DPS Group for its depth of experience designing current cGMP manufacturing facilities. DPS Group’s Boston office provided architectural and engineering services for the new facility.