Top Stories: February 2011

Mayor Koch and Street-Works sign $1.2b redevelopment agreement for Quincy Ctr.; to include 1m s/f of office space and 575,000 s/f of retail Boston Realty Advisors sells two Beacon Hill ­buildings, 86 and 120 Charles St., to The Mount Vernon Co. for $4.8 million Jones Lang LaSalle closes sale of 24,192 s/f in Office Park at Water Tower Hill for $4.5 million: Donahue & Assoc. assists Harriman and Consigli Const. complete MaineHealth's new 89,000 s/f corporate headquarters at 110 Free St., Portland Pro Con Inc completes 154-unit Alta at Indian Woods; Wood Ptrs. is developer of $13.5 million apartment community in Stoughton Cummings Props. TradeCenter 128 named Project of the Year Award recipient; 600,000 s/f office complex at 95% occupancy Witten and Nolletti of Marcus & Millichap close on $3.181 million sale of 59-unit South Park Apartments, Manchester, Conn. The Geenty Group brokers 3 deals totaling 6,000 s/f; includes 3,200 s/f mfg./dist. lease at 63-9 North Branford Rd., Branford The Abbey Group sells Landmark Center, near Fenway Park, to JP Morgan and Samuels & Assoc. for $530.5 million; C&W reps seller Campanelli leases 101,000 s/f to Steward Health Care System at 30 Perwal St., Westwood, Mass.; Wilson of G&E reps landlord Hegenbart of NorthMarq arranges financing of $12 million for 123,842 s/f Stow (Mass.) Shopping Center for borrower Linear Retail Props. Breda and Elwell of Goedecke secure $14 million refinancing for Katz Props.; 124,218 s/f Stop & Shop Plaza, Enfield, Conn. Kumnick and Morizio of Colliers Int'l. complete 69,400 s/f lease at 35 Industrial Park Dr., East Longmeadow for JSC Wire & Cable Burgess of Burgess Props. brokers two office leases - 38,000 s/f; includes 25,000 s/f at Clocktower Business Center Spiegel of NE Moves Mortgage arranges $1.048m construction loan for 7,000 s/f office building at 109 Long Wharf, Newport, RI Moore of Peter Scotti sells 4,100 s/f office bldg. for Moses Brown School - $380,000; Mayer of Residential Props. reps buyer Catlin and Schneier of Boston Realty Advisors broker 8,978 s/f lease at 399 Boylston St. to Brodeur Ptrs.; FHO reps landlord, Shorenstein Davis Marcus Partners reaches 100% occupancy at Reservoir Woods; three new leases totaling 35,064 s/f at 1.2m s/f property Witten and Nolletti of Marcus & Millichap broker $19.2 million sale of 345-unit portfolio to Paredim Acquisitions in Waterbury, CT Building and Land Tech. leases 66,000 s/f to LDH Energy at One Harbor Point Sq., Hartford; Pajolek and Caruso of CBRE assist E.G. Sawyer Co. provides electrical construction of Dana-Farber Yawkey Center for Cancer; project team includes Yale Electric Mitchell of Rader Props. brokers $7.463 million sale of 48,000 s/f Blue Hills Medical Center; 340 Wood Rd., Braintree Cedar Shopping Centers purchase 160,000 s/f Northwoods Crossing, Taunton, Mass. for $23.5 million; anchored by BJ's and Tractor Supply KeyPoint Ptrs. updates 2 Keene, NH shopping centers; Colony Mill Marketplace and Center at Keene, leases space to new tenants