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Don’t knock good luck - New England Real Estate Journal was founded 55 years ago on great luck - by Roland Hopkins

It’s January 17, 1963 and the three journal partners are struggling late at night on the sixth floor of a $2 per s/f office building overlooking Copley Sq. in Boston. None of them know anything about publishing, selling adds, interviewing, but this 12-page tabloid was to be the first of a weekly commercial real estate tabloid newspaper. 

Nohrden of Burgess Properties handles two leases for Central Rock Gym

Framingham, MA Burgess Properties Inc. has brokered leases for two new locations for one of the Northeast’s leading indoor rock climbi...

Griffith and Pepdjonovic of Marcus & Millichap broker $5.425 million in sales

Quincy, MA Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of the 1193 Furnace Brook Pkwy., a 16-unit multifamily property, as well as 3-5 Edwin S...

Cornerstone Realty Capital arranges $24 million in refinancing of Sunset Ridge Apartment

Manchester, NH Cornerstone Realty Capital arranged $24 million for the refinance of a 240-unit property known as Sunset Ridge Apartments, fo...

Cengage signs 117,000 s/f HQ lease at Tishman Speyer’s Pier 4 development

Boston, MA According to Tishman Speyer, Cengage has signed a 10-year, 117,000 s/f lease at the Pier 4 office building that is nearing comple...

Cahill, Kornreich and Grundy of the Avison Young Fairfield/Westchester office handle 6,700 s/f lease

Stamford, CT Avison Young’s Fairfield/Westchester office completed a new 6,700 s/f lease for Connecticut Counseling Centers, Inc., con...

Emerging brands’ exploding creating new opportunities - by Steve Fiedler

Train of thought historically has been to offer great food, at a fair price, in a high traffic location that is bright and clean, and serve the customer with a smile–and through consistency of your food, store operations and marketing, you had a winner.

Fortune cookie logic for dealing with challenging hotel projects - by Gus Sarff

Anyone involved in construction of hotels has stories of challenging projects. The more years in this business the easier to spot the symptoms of projects on the wrong path and do what can be done to avoid pitfalls.

Stubblebine Co. handles 51,363 s/f in leases for Westfield Investments

Billerica, MA The Stubblebine Company/CORFAC International completed 51,363 s/f in leases for Wakefield Investments’ portfolio. The le...

EXP Realty Advisors arranges $17 million sale of Star Market property

Harwich, MA EXP Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of a 59,054 s/f net-leased Star Market property, located at 18 Sisson Rd. for $17 mill...