Spotlights

Apartment Realty Advisors negotiates $11.2 million sale

According to Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA), one of the nation's leading multihousing brokerage and investment advisory companies, the sale...

Development Association completes 20,000 s/f biotech facility

Development Associates has completed construction of a 20,000 s/f biotech facility for Agawam-based Microtest Labs, a leader in testing serv...

There is growing optimism in Springfield from local officials and investors

The Western Massachusetts commercial real estate market started off flat in 2007 compared to 2006 but increased by a large percentage in the...

Location, employment and cost factors help bring stability to Springfield's industrial market

As Greater Springfield's industrial marketplace enters the third and final quarter of 2007, the industrial marketplace continues its relativ...

Project owners, economic developers, builders search for the true meaning of "shovel ready sites"

Those of us in real estate and economic development love buzz words. The current buzz naturally revolves around "bio" and "green". Our abili...

Conrad Group negotiates $21.5m sale of two apartment complexes

The Conrad Group recently negotiated the sale of Colonial Towers and South Shore Manor Apartments. Located on the north and south sides of M...

The City of Springfield is focused on development and growth

Over the past few years, when meeting colleagues from area codes to the east, who would ask about my adopted hometown, I would detect the sa...

Attorney responsibilities representing borrower at construction loan closing

Borrower's counsel has to provide many items for a construction loan closing: (1) Comments and revisions to the commitment letter; (2) Comm...

Summers' time

Conduit lenders accounted for approximately 45% of commercial lending over the past 12 months and have been impacted the most by the liquidi...

CresaPartners brokers two leases totaling 108,021 s/f

CresaPartners in Boston recently represented Merrill Communications LLC and Jingle Networks, Inc. in office lease expansions in Tewksbury an...