Photo courtesy of Boston Realty Advisors

What: The Abbot
Where: 1-30 Brattle St., Cambridge
Owner: Regency Centers
Built: 1908 

Boston Realty Advisors has negotiated leases with a group of new tenants totaling 30,000 square feet of retail space at the Abbott in Harvard Square. 

Regency Centers redeveloped the 4-story Abbot and two adjacent buildings on Brattle and JFK streets. Occupying the retail portion of The Abbot will be Central Rock Gym, El Jefe’s Taqueria and The Comedy Studio. Other tenants include Tiger Sugar, F45 Training, Cava, Starbucks and Chase Bank.  

Equity One purchased The Abbot and two adjacent buildings in 2016 and was acquired by Regency Centers in 2017. The upper-floor office spaces are being leased by JLL. 

They Said It: 

“My team has been leasing this intensively before the pandemic, during the pandemic, and post pandemic. We gave it our full focus, and it’s fulfilling for us, Regency Centers and for the city of Cambridge to now see the lights on, retailers open and the construction complete.”
— Whitney Gallivan, managing director and partner, Boston Realty Advisors