
Haverhill Seeks to Tap Industrial Growth
With a downtown renaissance gaining momentum, the city of Haverhill is looking to spread its economic growth and tap into demand for industrial development along Interstate 495.
With a downtown renaissance gaining momentum, the city of Haverhill is looking to spread its economic growth and tap into demand for industrial development along Interstate 495.
The Interstate 495 corridor, particularly the MetroWest area, has become attractive for investors and developers looking to maximize their returns as office and lab uses out-compete multifamily projects on rents. Two recent sales are no exception.
A 345,000-square-foot high-bay distribution facility has broken ground on speculation in Bellingham to meet growing demand from e-commerce and logistics industries along the I-495 corridor.
For developers looking for prime opportunities to build or buy multifamily properties in Massachusetts, the Interstate 495 submarket may offer some of the best returns.
A 43-acre Marlborough development site once eyed for a large R&D park is being repositioned for a 475-unit apartment complex.
A 63,539-square-foot medical building 100 percent leased by six tenants in Haverhill has been sold to Irvine, California-based American Healthcare Investors for $15.5 million.
Stoughton-based Conroy Development is the new owner of a Taunton distribution facility for Williams Sonoma-affiliated furniture brands.
An Andover office building near the intersection of Interstates 93 and 495 has sold for $8.27 million.
A company that provides pharmacy services for nursing homes and senior living facilities is relocating to Taunton’s Myles Standish Boulevard.
A luxury apartment complex in Marlborough has been sold for $44.25 million.
A Chelmsford flex portfolio occupied by such tenants as Endeavor Robotics and Thermo Fisher Scientific has been sold for $15.75 million to a Springfield investor.
A pair of fully leased industrial buildings in Leominster have been acquired for $7.45 million.
A Framingham farm could become the latest marijuana growing facility in Massachusetts under a plan to be put to the city’s planning board tonight.
After acquiring a shell industrial property in foreclosure for $1.8 million in 2011, Hudson-based Calare Properties has sold 417 South St. in Marlborough to a fund managed by Berkeley Partners of San Francisco.
A data center and flex property at 34 St. Martin Drive in Marlborough has been acquired by a California investor for $33.25 million.
A Marlborough industrial portfolio has sold for $18.1 million.
A portfolio of three industrial properties on the outskirts of Greater Boston has sold for $43.3 million.
A three-term city councilor challenging Attleboro Mayor Paul Heroux for his seat has released a plan calling for the city to take an aggressive role in redeveloping the city’s downtown, focused on six key parcels.
Industrial development is ramping up to the highest levels seen in the current real estate cycle, driven by a group of large speculative projects designed to satisfy shifting shopping patterns and the Massachusetts building industry’s demand for storage space.
Raytheon has signed a seven-year lease for 134,000 square feet in an office and manufacturing complex in the Interstate 495 belt.