Massachusetts

Northbridge

BOSTON — JLL has arranged $27.3 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling approximately 315,000 square feet in New England. The addresses were not disclosed, but the buildings are located in Central Massachusetts and the greater Hartford area. Andrew Gray and Ryan Parker of JLL originated the nonrecourse financing through an undisclosed life insurance company. The borrower was locally based investment firm Northbridge Partners. Both buildings are leased to tenants on long-term deals.

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REVERE, MASS. — Tremont Realty Capital, a division of locally based investment firm RMR Group, has provided a $40 million loan for the refinancing of SpringHill Suites by Marriott Boston Logan Airport Revere Beach hotel. The 168-room hotel is located on the eastern outskirts of the city near the Wonderland MBTA public transit station. HREC Investment Advisors arranged the loan, which carried a two-year initial term with three one-year extensions. The borrower was not disclosed.

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WORCESTER, MASS. — Eastern Union has arranged a $13.3 million construction loan for a 931-unit self-storage facility that will be located in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester. The four-story facility will consist of 93,186 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space across units with an average size of 100 square feet. Marc Tropp of Eastern Union arranged the loan, which was structured with a 36-month term, 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and an interest rate that is equivalent to 300 basis points over SOFR over the construction and lease-up period. CubeSmart will operate the facility. The lender was an undisclosed local bank, and the borrower was also not disclosed.

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BOSTON — Locally based investment firm Tremont Asset Management has received a loan for the refinancing of a multifamily property located at 1955-1963 Commonwealth Ave. in the Brighton area of Boston. The amount was not disclosed, but the financing was originated in conjunction with a loan for a condo property in Nashua, N.H. The total value of the refinancings of those properties, which total more than 80 units combined, is $11 million. Patrick Boyle and Rose Liu of Colliers originated both loans through a balance sheet lender and a regional bank.

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BOSTON — The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has signed a 10-year, 106,000-square-foot office lease in downtown Boston. The DCAMM handles facilities management and real estate services and is bringing together employees from six state agencies to two full floors at One Federal Street, a 1.1 million-square-foot building owned by Tishman Speyer. Occupancy is slated for early 2025. Jeffrey Moore and Victoria Robinson of Tishman Speyer negotiated the lease.

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FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — MassDevelopment has provided $22.2 million in tax-exempt bond financing for an 80-unit affordable seniors housing project in the southern Boston suburb of Foxborough. These units represent the first part of a multi-phase project that will add 200 affordable seniors housing units to the local supply. All of the one-bedroom units will be rented to households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), though 20 units will also be available for households earning up to 30 percent of AMI. The developer, an entity doing business as Walnut Street Phase One 4 LLC, is a joint venture that includes Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative Inc., Peabody Properties Inc. and The Onyx Group. Citizens Bank purchased the bond.

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Juniper-Everett

EVERETT, MASS. — South Carolina-based developer Greystar has broken ground on a 416-unit multifamily project in the eastern Boston suburb of Everett. The project represents the second phase of a larger development at 1690 Revere Beach Parkway, the first phase of which totals 325 units and is known as Jade. Phase II will be known as Juniper and is slated for a mid-2026 delivery. CUBE3 Architects designed both properties, which between them will include 850 parking spaces, 10,500 square feet of retail space and 22,800 square feet of amenity space.

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TAUNTON, MASS. — Boston-based investment firm Rhino Capital Advisors has broken ground on a 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Taunton, located south of Boston near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. The site spans 11.2 acres within Myles Standish Industrial Park, and the building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, five loading docks and 270 parking spaces. Rhino Capital is developing the property in partnership with MassDevelopment and the Taunton Development Corp. Construction is expected to be complete next spring.

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BOSTON — JLL has arranged a $27.8 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of four industrial buildings totaling roughly 400,000 square feet in the greater Boston area. The names and addresses were not disclosed. The properties comprise a mix of single-tenant warehouse, distribution and manufacturing buildings that were 100 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Andrew Gray and Ryan Parker arranged the nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan through Bristol County Savings Bank on behalf of the borrower, NorthBridge Partners.

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WEYMOUTH, MASS. — CBRE has arranged the $23 million sale of Riverway Plaza, a 250,000-square-foot shopping center in Weymouth, a southern suburb of Boston. Lowe’s Home Improvement anchors the center, which sits on 23 acres. Other tenants include Michael’s, Dollar Tree and Staples. Nat Heald and Jordana Roet of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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