Top Stories: November 2011

Angelone, Moylan, Koury, Heald and Klimkiewicz of CBRE arrange $128m sale of 350 Washington St., Boston, to Invesco Real Estate Advisors KS Partners acquires 113,050 s/f office at 33 Boston Post Rd., Marlboro for $8.15m - Avidia Bank provides acquisition financing EA Fish Dev. breaks ground on $18.6m Linwood Mill Apts.; investors include Raymond James Financial, Quincy Mutual and Berkshire Bank Connolly Bros. building 23,800 s/f Infiniti dealership for Prime Motor Group, Washington St., Hanover, Mass. Alta Props. and Roedel Cos. begin renovation of former Clarion Hotel; 109-unit hotel to reopen as the Falls Center and LaQuinta Inn & Suites Pugliese Contracting completes construction of 8,000 s/f "green" corporate headquarters on 4 Ledge Rd., Windham, N.H. Cawley and Braun of United Multi Family broker $2.535 million sale of 36-unit apartment at 20 Eames St.-66 Pratt St. for Pratton Props. LLC Sower and Weissman of Boston Realty Advisors facilitates $3.775 million sale on behalf of the seller, Marlborough Street Realty Trust Boston Mayor Menino names E+ Green Building Program Challenge winners: 3 teams chosen to develop ultra-efficient buildings Columbia Const. and Elkus Manfredi build Dassault Systemes' 225,000 s/f offices, Waltham; LEED Gold Certification pending Marcone Capital arranges $8.1 million financing of 2200 West Park Dr.,; 75,584 s/f office building in the Westborough Office Park 100% leased Sheehan and Sidel of EagleBridge Capital arrange $20.6 million financing for installation of rooftop and ground mounted solar systems Cushman & Wakefield forms strategic alliance with Hayes & Sherry, Ltd.; Providence firm joins C&W's Americas Alliance Program Fair of Hayes & Sherry sells 9,215 s/f office building at 450 Veterans Memorial Pkwy. in the Metacomet Exec. Office Park, East Providence Denenberg Realty handles $1.2 million in sales, including 8,704 s/f at 1676 Dorchester Ave.; Town Hall Rlty. and Metro Bus. Brokers assist Baldwin Realty completes 6,000 s/f lease to Meridian Woodworking at Unit #2, 443 Summer St., Brockton, from George Millett Miller of Arnold Peck brokers $575,000 restaurant sale of 4,530 s/f former Yoshida Japanese Restaurant at 430 Boston Post Rd., Milford, Conn. Geenty Group brokers 3 leases totaling 9,121 s/f; includes 6,321 s/f leased to UZID, LLC at 222 Universal Dr., North Haven, Conn. Alexandria R.E. Equities breaks ground on $500 million Alexandria Ctr. at Kendall Sq; Spagnolo Gisness designs Phase 1, Consigli serves as GC Suffolk Const. awarded $15.3 million design-build contract for MBTA Revere Transit Facility & Streetscape project Beaumont Solar completes 2,304 solar panel installation at Clarke's 106,500 s/f hdqtrs., Milford, Mass.; top 5 rooftop installations in Mass. The Hunter Group and Elaine Const. complete $4.4 million renovation and energy retrofit at 640 Washington St., Brighton, Mass. Lincoln Essex Capital, LLC acquires 65,000 s/f Andover Village Sq.; retains Avison Young as project and property manager Hamilton Co. acquires 71,000 s/f Plaza 188, Malden, Mass. for $15.5 million; NAI Hunneman reps seller, Commercial St. Venture