BEVERLY, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.8 million sale of a seven-unit apartment building in Beverly, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The unit mix comprises four one-bedroom apartments, one two-bedroom residence and two three-bedroom units, as well as two commercial spaces. Evan Griffith, Tony Pepdjonovic and Will Sanborn of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
DOUGLAS, MASS. — CRG, the development arm of Chicago-based construction engineering firm Clayco, has broken ground on The Cubes at Gilboa, a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial project in Douglas, about 20 miles south of Worcester. The facility will be situated on 85 acres and will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 171 dock doors, four drive-in doors, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 651 cars and 220 trailers. Lamar Johnson Collaborative is the project architect, and Clayco is the builder. Newmark is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for fall 2023.
Greystar Begins Work on 412,500 SF Warehouse, Distribution Center in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. — Greystar has begun construction on a 412,500-square-foot warehouse and distribution center at 798 N. Bedford St. in East Bridgewater, located south of Boston. The project, which is scheduled for a late 2023 delivery, will be the South Carolina-based developer’s first in the greater Boston area. Greystar has tapped JLL to lease the development.
WOBURN, MASS. — An affiliate of San Diego-based developer Fairfield Residential has purchased land at 316 New Boston St. in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston, for the development of a 425-unit multifamily project. Of those units, 15 percent will be reserved as affordable housing for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Simon Butler, Biria St. John and John McLaughlin of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and Fairfield in the $23.4 million sale of the land.
LEICESTER, MASS. — A partnership between The Brennan Group, John M. Corcoran & Co. and Berkeley Partners has broken ground on Gateway Central, a 267,600-square-foot industrial facility in Leicester, located outside of Worcester in the central part of the state. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 45 overhead doors, three drive-in doors, 299 vehicle parking spaces and 59 trailer parking stalls. Completion is slated for the second quarter of next year. Newmark has been tapped as the leasing agent in conjunction with Kelleher & Sadowsky. HarborOne Bank provided construction financing.
SAUGUS, MASS. — Boston-based brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the sale of a retail building formerly occupied by Sears that is located within Square One Mall in Saugus, a northern suburb of Boston. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Cole Van Gelder of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
HAVERHILL, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $36 million sale-leaseback of a 108,689-square-foot cold storage facility located on the northern outskirts of Boston in Haverhill. Building features include clear heights of 27 to 40 feet, 12,000 pallet positions, 21 dock-high doors and 6,000 square feet of office space. Michael Restivo, Lenny Pierce and David Coffman of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as CF Cold Storage LLC, in the transaction. An affiliate of Cold Scout Storage purchased the facility and will lease it back to the seller on a short-term basis.
NORWELL, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 59,519-square-foot, single-tenant retail property in Norwell, located about 20 miles south of Boston, that is leased to grocer Stop & Shop. Nat Heald led the JLL team that represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Baillard Real Estate Fund purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
NANTUCKET, MASS. — JLL has arranged an $11 million loan for the refinancing of Anchor Inn & Greydon House, two historic hospitality properties totaling 32 rooms on the island of Nantucket. Anchor Inn totals 12 rooms and was originally built in 1806. Greydon House comprises 20 rooms and was constructed in 1850. Jonathan Schneider led the JLL team that arranged the fixed-rate loan through HarborOne Bank on behalf of the borrower, Faros Properties.
BOSTON — A partnership between Lendlease and Ivanhoe Cambridge has broken ground on a $500 million life sciences project within Boston Landing, a mixed-use destination in the Allston/Brighton area. The nine-story, 350,000-square-foot building at 60 Guest St. will be branded FORUM and will feature traditional office space in addition to lab and research/development space. SGA Architects is designing the project, and Consigli Construction Co. is serving as the general contractor. Completion is slated for 2024. The partnership first acquired the land for the project from NB Development Group, the master developer of Boston Landing, in March 2021.