Monthly Archives: October 2012

0 Bike Sharing Company Zagster Moves to Kendall Square

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Kendall Sq T-Stop in Cambridge, MA

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Zagster is calling Kendall Square its new home after vacating Philadelphia. Zagster is one of the nation’s oldest bike sharing companies whose goal is to ensure shared or rentable bikes are easily and cost-effectively made available to businesses, universities, and property-management companies that desire to embrace the numerous benefits of biking.

The Harvard Crimson explains the impact of the former Philadelphia-based company’s move to the Cambridge neighborhood, noting, “with [its] new offices less than a mile from the pioneering car sharing company Zipcar, Zagster’s arrival earlier this year has continued to develop Cambridge as a center of sustainable urban living.”

Jump over The Crimson to view its full article.

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0 Boston a Leader in the Office Recovery

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office space in boston offers significant variety and opportunity for employeesBoston continues to be a leader in the office recovery through absorption and new construction.

CoStar Group reported this week that “demand for office space in the U.S. held steady in the third quarter as leasing activity and absorption of available office space continued to pick up momentum following a lackluster start at the beginning of 2012.”

The complete article is available on the CoStar Group’s website.

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0 Office Space in Kendall Square Pricing Out Start-ups

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Kendall Square office building in Cambridge, MAQuestion, where do you put your office for your newly venture backed technology company?  Well, it might not be Kendall Square.  The Financial District of Boston has vacancy rates below 15 percent with prices in the Class B buildings around $30 per square foot.

The Boston Globe offers some perspective on this transformation, noting that “gentrification has made Kendall too expensive or too popular for the many, smaller, younger tech businesses that gave the area such cachet.”

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0 Seaport District Becoming a Cultural Destination

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office building in boston's seaport districtThe Seaport section of Boston is experiencing explosive growth in office space and residential developments, but along with that come a neighborhood.  The influx of new restaurants with award winning chefs creates a new destination location for good eats.

The Boston Globe forecasts the area’s continued transformation, “in the next few months, another wave of restaurants and entertainment options is scheduled to open in the Seaport District, seemingly racing the developers who are rushing to fill in the area’s empty lots with office buildings and residential towers.”

To read the complete Globe report, hope over to their coverage of the Seaport’s ‘restaurant invasion’.

For more information on the Seaport’s commercial real estate environment and related property listings, view our Boston Seaport submarket page.

0 Boston Set for Commercial Real Estate Recovery in 2013

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Boston office building near government centerBoston’s commercial real estate market will see office lease rates soar in 2013, and is one of 10 cities expected to experience significant growth. The growth is attributed to areas of high-technology and biomedical research & development, which attract highly-educated workforces.

Thomas Grillo, Real Estate Editor at the Boston Business Journal, noted that “Boston made the list of Top 10 U.S. cities where the commercial real estate recovery will soar next year with gains in leasing, rents and pricing across all property sectors”, citing an Urban Land Institute’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate Forecast.

More information on the Urban Land Institute’s forecast is available on the Boston Business Journal’s Real Estate section.

0 11 Beacon Street in the Financial District For Sale

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11 beacon street office building for saleThe Class B market in the Financial District continues to see trades. 11 Beacon Street is the next one to hit the market after being acquired in 2010.

According to the Boston Business Journal, “the 92-year-old building was purchased by Divco in 2010 for $16 million and the firms said it has spent $4.9 million in capital improvements. The city has assessed the 12-story building at $20 million.”

For more information on the sale of 11 Beacon Street, jump over to the Boston Business Journal’s website.

0 Innovation District Attracts Cambridge Law Firm

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Map of the Innovation District in Boston

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The Innovation District continues to attract tenants from other markets despite increased rates and dropping vacancy.

The Boston Globe reports “the law firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner is the latest business to join the exodus from East Cambridge to Boston’s growing Innovation District.”

Further property details, along with the additional information on the firm, are available at The Boston Globe online.

0 Brookline Bank to Sell Financial District Office Building

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Financial District office building at 31-33 State St., Boston

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The Class B market in Financial District has another asset trading hands.

According to the Boston Herald, “the bank [Brookline Bancorp] said yesterday that 31-33 State St., a slender structure built in the late 1800s, is under agreement to be sold to an unidentified buyer by the end of the year.”

This is another indication that Boston’s Financial District remains an active market for downtown office space heading into Q4.

For more information on the sale of Brookline Bank’s financial district office building, read the Boston Herald’s full report on the sale of 31-33 State Street.

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0 Best Value For Office Space in Boston: Financial District

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Back Bay office space Where is the best value for office space in Boston?  The Financial District, rents are 20 percent below Back Bay with vacancy rates at 14.9 percent.

Banker & Tradesman reports that a “six-quarter streak of positive absorption in Boston’s Financial District has increased occupancy there by 848,000 square feet…Back Bay rental rates are now at a record 20 percent premium over asking rates in the Financial District.”

Further analysis is available at Banker & Tradesman.

0 Cambridge Expansion for Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

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Office space at one kendall square cambridge As the market strengthens, companies are making long-term commitments by expanding their footprint and ensuring they have a place to grow. This is evident in Merrimack Pharmaceuticals’s announcement that its expanding its lease at One Kendall Square in Cambridge.

Additional details on the new long term lease in Cambridge are available on the Boston Business Journal.

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