Allston Developer Wants to Begin Housing First
Berkeley Investments’ redevelopment plan for the long-dormant 176 Lincoln St. site in Allston is shifting to reflect the difficult financing conditions that continue to plague commercial projects.
Canal District Lofts Sold to New York Firm for $122M
Berkeley Investments sold a loft-style apartment complex overlooking the Merrimack River in Lawrence to a New York investor for nearly $122 million
Berkeley’s Malden Center Project Gets Major Cleantech Lease
Berkeley Investments’ revamp of one of Malden Center’s highest-profile commercial properties landed an anchor tenant in a Woburn cleantech company.
A Development Pipeline Grows North of Boston
Morgan Pierson is taking his 20 years of experience in commercial real estate to the north suburban market in his new role at Lupoli Cos. as senior vice president of real estate and development.
In Sign of Lab Market Woes, Drinks Startup Moves to Ex-Sasaki HQ
A probiotic soda company led by the co-founder of Nantucket Nectars is establishing a new headquarters in the former Sasaki architects building in Watertown.
Hot Property: Drawdown Brewing
Jamaica Plain’s newest brewery and taproom brings a LGBTQ+- and woman-owned enterprise to the local craft beer industry.
Lab Developer Buys Channel Center Property
A South Boston office property once eyed for multifamily housing has been acquired by a lab developer for $23.5 million.
Are Clean Energy Tenants CRE’s New Savior?
As life science demand wanes, developers are increasingly marketing new projects to Massachusetts’ growing clean energy sector, flush with funding from venture capital and new federal programs.
Former Sasaki HQ Gets R&D Tenant
A venture-backed clean manufacturing company has...
Developers Lean into High-Efficiency Designs
As more Greater Boston communities adopt the state’s new opt-in energy code with its higher sustainability standards, developers are testing the limits of how far commercial buildings can effectively run without fossil fuel sources.
BPDA Approves Allston Labs and Artisan Space
While protests about artist displacement cloud one proposed Allston redevelopment, Boston officials approved another project that will provide artists with housing, makerspaces and retail space to sell their work.
Malden Lab Conversion Pays Off for Berkeley Investments
With a lab conversion scheduled for completion within weeks, owners of Malden’s 200 Exchange finalized leases with their first three life science and research tenants totaling nearly 100,000 square feet.
Berkeley Investments Targets Drug Manufacturing Growth in Billerica
A 203,000-square-foot development by Berkeley Investments seeks to tap into demand for biomanufacturing facilities in the northern suburbs.
Sullivan Square Loft Complex Sold for $96.3M
A Denver investor paid $96.3 million for a Sullivan Square property that was the site of an industrial-to-residential conversion by Boston-based Berkeley Investments.
Berkeley Investments Plans GMP Development in Billerica
Billerica manufacturer Cabot Corp. is maximizing the value of its real estate with the sale of an adjacent parcel for a biomanufacturing plant to be developed by Boston-based Berkeley Investments.
Malden’s New Look is No Accident
Situated along a river just north of Boston is a city that has long served as a gateway for immigrants, has a proud history of innovation and key mass transit connections. But it’s not Somerville or Cambridge.
GFI Sells Woburn Industrial Property for Big Markup After Six Months
A leased Woburn industrial property in Woburn has been acquired by a San Francisco private equity investor for $18 million, just six months after it previously sold for $10.1 million.
Hot Property: Exchange 200
A newly-formed joint venture will create 352,000 square feet of lab space in Malden Center, including three spec suites.
Malden Center Property Gets $135M for Lab Conversion
A 352,000-square-foot Malden Center property will be positioned for life science uses under a newly-formed joint venture.
Real Estate Has Hurt the Arts. Can It Also Help?
Real estate’s rocket-like trajectory has left Greater Boston’s artists, performers and craftspeople pushed out of studio space left and right. Art, as the common trope holds, is rarely the most lucrative profession, and it shows.
