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Keefe joins HFF as a director in the Boston office

Boston, MA According to Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF), Patrick Keefe has joined the firm as a director focused on debt and equity pla...

Seller’s remorse – Fixed price option to purchase real estate - by Jess Oyer

1. Unconscionability: You may try to convince a court that because of the gross disparity between the fixed price and the current market val...

O’Brien of GBCP and Galvani of Parsons broker $3.13 million sale

Westborough, MA Greater Boston Commercial Properties (GBCP) brokered the sale of 291 Turnpike Rd. The investment property sits on 9.79 acres...

TRB Realty completes leasehold interest sale of 8,000 s/f property

Burlington, MA TRB Realty (TRB) has completed the sale of a leasehold interest of 21 A St., an 8,000 s/f single-story office building on a s...

Gibbons and Pepple of ABG Commercial broker $20 million sale

Somerville, MA Bernard Gibbons and Justin Pepple of ABG Commercial Realty brokered the sale of 561 Windsor St. for $20 million. The property...

Smith and Bergin of Pearce Real Estate broker $450,000 building sale

Milford, CT According to Barbara Pearce, CEO and president of Pearce Real Estate, Frosty Smith and John Bergin sold the corner property at 6...

Remic Properties acquires 34,000 s/f Maine Eye Center for $8.2 million

Portland, ME Remic Properties has completed the $8.2 million acquisition of the 34,000 s/f Maine Eye Center. Maine Eye is the leading ophtha...

Calare Properties purchases 915,000 s/f 5 Research Pkwy. for $5 million from Bristol-Myers Squibb

Wallingford, CT Calare Properties, (Calare) a private Massachusetts-based real estate investment firm and operator, has acquired the 915,000...

CBRE New England partners with a 48-person team from Transwestern

Boston, MA According to  CBRE, a group of top commercial real estate professionals from Transwestern, led by Steve Purpura has joined C...

Changes ahead for 2018? - by Jonathan Avery

As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2018 it is a good time to take stock of some emerging trends and what they are signaling for the year ahead. The Federal Reserve members appear committed to raising interest rates (possibly several times) this year, the inventory of homes for sale is low and prices continue to rise, and industrial properties have become one of the preferred investment classes.