0 11 Beacon Street in the Financial District For Sale

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Wil Catlin

The 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

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Wil Catlin

Map of the Innovation District in Boston

Photo Credit: innovationdistrict.org

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

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Wil Catlin

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

(Photo Credit: Boston Herald)

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

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Wil Catlin

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

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Wil Catlin

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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0 Massachusetts Number 1 For Entrepreneurship

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Wil Catlin

Why is our office market experiencing a recovery faster than other cities across the country? What does Massachusetts offer the other states don’t?

For the second year in a row, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s State Entrepreneurship Index ranked Massachusetts No. 1 in entrepreneurship.

Click to view the entire Entrepreneurship Index

0 Tech Companies Filling Up Financial District Office Space

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Wil Catlin

The Office Market recovery in Boston and Cambridge is here. The real question is for how much longer will favorable opportunities exist for tenants.

The Boston Business Journal reports that “a survey of 44 office buildings by Boston brokerage McCall & Almy found that of the 26.5 million square feet of space studied in the Financial District, 16.6 percent was available in September, down from 20.3 percent at the close of last year.”

More information on the Financial District occupancy rates is available on the BBJ’s web site.

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0 Boston Office Construction Up 10x from 2011

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Wil Catlin

Commercial real estate construction in Boston, MA

(Photo Credit: The Boston Globe)

Cranes, dump trucks continue to be a mainstay within the city limits of Boston. Between office and lab nearly 5 million square feet is under construction, which is up over 10 fold from the summer of 2011

A Boston Globe editorial reports “the region’s office construction market is making a strong comeback, driven by the expansions of medical and biotechnology companies that are funding new buildings going up in Boston’s Seaport District, East Cambridge, and suburbs along Route 128.”

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0 Tenants Migrate to Class A Buildings in Financial District

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Wil Catlin

Tenants continue their migration from Class B buildings to Class A within the Financial District. With vacancy rates just below 15 percent opportunities for tenants to trade up still exist. Rents within the low rise Class A space will fall in the upper $30’s to low $40’s depending on the building.

Banker and Tradesman reports, “the move is the result of an expansion push by Managing Director Robert Brown, who came to the firm last year.”

0 Boston Among Leaders of Office Market Recovery

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Wil Catlin

Boston continues to be one top cites leading office market recovery nationally. The overall vacancy rate dropped to 10.5 percent, according to CoStar.

A Bloomberg report offers insight on the three-year low in office space vacancy rates in the U.S.

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