LOWELL, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.1 million sale of a 17-unit apartment building located at 887 Varnum Ave. in the northwestern Boston suburb of Lowell. The property consists of five studios and 12 two-bedroom units as well as onsite parking and laundry facilities. Tony Pepdjonovic, Evan Griffith and Will Sanborn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Locally based developer The Procopio Cos. is nearing completion of The Alice, a 50-unit multifamily project located north of Boston in Wilmington. The Alice is one of three buildings within a larger mixed-use development, with the others being an 8,050-square-foot retail and office building and a 2,488-square-foot retail building that is now leased to Starbucks. Procopio Cos. expects to open The Alice this fall and to complete the office/retail building in early 2025. Vertical construction on the Starbucks building, which also features a drive-thru, will begin in April.
WOBURN, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $3.5 million sale of a 26,960-square-foot office building in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 110 Winn St. was constructed in the 1990s in the downtown area and houses 17 suites. Francis Saenz, Drew Kirkland and Jim Casey of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WALTHAM, MASS. — General contractor J. Calnan & Associates has completed a 52,000-square-foot life sciences project in the western Boston suburb of Waltham. The facility at 880 Winter St. is a build-to-suit for biotechnology user Lyra Therapeutics and features a 5,000-square-foot manufacturing space, quality control labs, support labs and office space. Perkins & Will served as the project architect, with BR&A Engineers handling that aspect of development. Boston Properties owns the building.
BOSTON — Nonprofit owner-operator Beacon Communities has completed a 210-unit affordable housing redevelopment project in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. The project converted a historic YWCA building that was originally constructed in 1929 into a residential complex for low-income renters and formerly homeless individuals. The property at 140 Clarendon St. now features studio and one-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, community room, library, computer learning center and a wellness office. The redevelopment preserved the spaces of Lyric Stage Co., the Snowden School and other nonprofits currently residing in the building.
BOSTON — Maryland-based owner-operator Bozzuto has begun leasing Alder, a 165-unit apartment complex located within the Allston Yards mixed-use development in Boston. Alder offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with 21 units reserved as affordable housing. Amenities include a fitness center, game room, pet spa, concierge service, outdoor deck, library and a package room. A 67,000-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store will also open in Alder’s ground floor this summer. Rents start at $2,900 per month for a studio apartment.
QUINCY, MASS. — Locally based investment firm FoxRock Properties has acquired 1200 Crown Colony, a 236,491-square-foot office building in Quincy, a southern suburb of Boston. The building is located within a larger development known as Crown Colony Office Park, which is situated adjacent to a public transit station and the I-93 and U.S. Route 3 interchange. Amenities include a newly renovated lobby, fitness center, exercise lawn, coffee bar and a full-service café. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BEDFORD, MASS. — A partnership between Redgate, Optimum Asset Management and AEW Capital Management has delivered Riverwalk Labs, a 168,000-square-foot life sciences and manufacturing project in Bedford, about 20 miles northwest of Boston. The developers converted a former office building into a facility with 20,000-square-foot lab and office suites, as well as four separate tenant lobbies and multiple loading docks. Ci Design served as the project architect, and J. Calnan & Associates served as the general contractor.
BOSTON —MassDevelopment has provided $39.9 million in tax-exempt bond financing for a 115-unit affordable seniors housing project in the Brookline area of Boston. The property will feature one-bedroom units that will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income and will replace 60 outdated existing public housing units. Bond proceeds will also be used to build 32 parking spaces. Construction began in January and is scheduled for completion in December 2025. The borrower, 32 Marion Apartments LLC, is a for-profit affiliate of the Brookline Housing Authority. Eastern Bank and Rockland Trust purchased the bond.
BOSTON — JLL has arranged the recapitalization of The Sudbury, a 36-story apartment tower located within the Bulfinch Crossing development in downtown Boston that was completed in 2020. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and have an average size of 855 square feet. The Sudbury also houses 55 condos. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, golf simulator, rooftop terrace, children’s playroom, coworking space and a private dining room. Riaz Cassum, Roberto Casas, Martha Nay, Kellie Coveney, Madeline Joyce and Ari Bogen of JLL represented the owner, a partnership between National Real Estate Investors and HYM Investment Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the new equity partner, Carmel Partners.