WALTHAM, MASS. — Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. has broken ground on a 139,000-square-foot life sciences project that will be located at 300 Third Ave. in the western Boston suburb of Waltham. Designed by local architecture firm DiMella Shaffer, the building will offer traditional office and lab space, as well as five levels of parking. Callahan Construction Managers is the general contractor for the project, which is expected to be complete in January 2022.
BOSTON — Locally based investment firm Griffith Properties has acquired Boston Dedham Commerce Park, a 632,188-square-foot industrial complex in Boston, for $76 million. The five-building property is situated on 22 acres inside Route 128 adjacent to the Readville commuter rail stop. Griffith Properties, which will enter into a joint venture with affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners LLC to operate the complex, acquired the asset from First Highland in an off-market deal. Robert Griffin, J.R. McDonald, Mike Frisoli, Tyler McGrail and Caroline Collett of Newmark represented both parties in the transaction and will market the available space for lease.
AGAWAM AND WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Connecticut-based brokerage firm Chozick Realty has arranged the $9.2 million sale of Elizabeth Manor and Imperial Apartments, two multifamily assets totaling 115 units in Western Massachusetts. Elizabeth Manor is a 40-unit property in Agawam that was built in 1966, and Imperial is a 75-unit complex that was built in 1970. Tom Boyle and Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty represented the seller, Dow Management LLC, and procured the New York-based buyer in the transaction.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. — Regency Centers, a Florida-based shopping center REIT, has sold a 35,907-square-foot retail building leased to Whole Foods Market in Swampscott, about 30 miles northeast of Boston. The sales price was $19.2 million. Whole Foods has occupied the building, which sits on roughly five acres, for more than 15 years. Chris Angelone, Nat Heald and Eric Suffoletto of JLL represented Regency Centers in the transaction and procured the buyer, locally based investment firm Academy Hill Realty.
BILLERICA, MASS. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Concord Road Corporate Center, a 362,550-square-foot office complex located approximately 25 miles northwest of Boston in Billerica. The three-building, Class A property offers a fitness center with lockers and showers, a conference center, game room, outdoor patio with seating areas and a bocce court. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Samantha Hallowell and Torin Taylor of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured KS Partners as the buyer. Dominick Romano of Newmark provided financial analysis support. The property received upgrades to its exteriors, lobbies and amenity spaces in recent years.
FOXBORO, MASS. — Benchmark Senior Living will expand New Pond Village, a seniors housing community located in the Boston suburb of Foxboro. The project will add 19 assisted living units, bringing the community’s total to 36 units. SEO Construction is building the project, which Udelsman Associates designed. StudioSix5 is handling the interior design. Since Benchmark acquired New Pond Village in May 2017, the property has undergone extensive renovations, including an $8 million project in 2018 to add new and refreshed common areas.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $4.5 million in financing for the development of North Commons at Village Hill, a 53-unit workforce housing project that will be located in the Central Massachusetts city of Northampton. The financing consisted of $3.1 million in taxable permanent financing and $1.4 million in financing from the Agency’s Workforce Housing Initiative. The borrower was The Community Builders. The property will feature eight studio units, 19 one-bedroom apartments, 22 two-bedroom residences and four three-bedroom apartments. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
BOSTON — A partnership between East Boston Community Development Corp. (EBCDC) and Affirmative Investments has broken ground on Grace Apartments, a 42-unit affordable seniors housing development in East Boston. Designed by locally based architecture firm DiMella Shaffer, Grace Apartments will feature one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 496 to 722 square feet. Completion is scheduled for spring 2022.
BOSTON — WS Development has topped out 111 Harbor Way, a 525,000-square-foot office project in Boston’s Seaport District that will be occupied by Amazon upon completion in late 2021 or early 2022. Designed by Gensler, the property is located within WS Development’s Boston Seaport mixed-use development that spans 33 acres and 20 city blocks. Amazon is expected to occupy about 430,000 square feet and create about 2,000 new jobs within the building.
SAN DIEGO AND BOSTON — Life sciences real estate development firm IQHQ Inc. has completed a $1.7 billion equity raise. The company — which completed an initial equity raise of $770 million earlier this year — plans to use the combined funds to build 4.4 million square feet of projects that are currently in its development pipeline. The company has offices in San Diego and Boston, both hubs for life sciences companies. The demand for life sciences real estate continues to increase as the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics intensifies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an October report by CBRE. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based CenterSquare Investment Management invested $158 million in IQHQ’s latest funding round, alongside a group of undisclosed new and existing strategic partners. Madison International Realty, a real estate private equity firm, invested $100 million with an option to invest an incremental $100 million in IQHQ. IQHQ’s current projects include sites in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego. The company announced plans to develop the San Diego Research and Development District (RaDD), a $1.5 billion life science campus located along San Diego’s waterfront, in September. The RaDD will span eight acres and three city blocks, making it …
