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CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust Buys Best Buy Warehouse
CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust acquired a new 238,370-square-foot state-of-the-art suburban Boston warehouse/distribution building built to suit for Best Buy Stores, which is occupying it on a long-term lease. Located at 140 Depot St. in Bellingham, Mass., the center is expandable and features pre-cast concrete construction, cross-docking, a 36-foot clear height, ESFR sprinklers and excess trailer parking. It will be used primarily as a regional distribution center for home delivery of large items, along with some service/repair and dispatching and scheduling work.
Boston Office Lands $25M in Financing
The Boston office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P has secured $25 million in financing for 101 Merrimac Street, a 10-story, 159,000-square-foot Class A office building in Boston.
Research Facility in Boston's Healthy Life Science Market Attracts $350M Loan
Flying in the face of the frosty credit market, BioMed Realty Trust Inc. has just gotten its hands on a $350 million loan secured by its successful new 700,000-square-foot Center for Life Science | Boston. John Hancock Life Insurance Co., TIAA-CREF, and Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG stepped up to the plate to provide the financing.
While Other Projects Languish, $500M Suburban Boston Film Studio Takes Next Step
The frozen credit market and shattered economy have caused the interruption or outright cancellation of development project after development project across the country, but such is not the case for an unlikely 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-use endeavor in Plymouth, Mass., about 40 miles south of Boston. Having just secured the Plymouth Planning Board's approval of a master site plan, developers of Plymouth Rock Studios can now proceed with on- and off-site activities for the fully funded, $500 million film and television studio compound.
Broadway Partners Refinances Debt on Boston Office Building
Broadway Partners has completed the refinancing of Ten/10 Post Office Square, a 13-floor, 435,000-square-foot office property located in Boston.
Boston-Area Biotech Firms Seek Cheaper Space in Suburbs
Drug maker Alkermes Inc. last week became the latest in what has become a growing line of biotech firms leaving Cambridge, Mass., in search of less expensive office and laboratory space in the suburbs. The company plans to relocate to a 100,000-square-foot facility in Waltham early next year, a move that Alkermes says will eventually save some $750,000 a year.
 

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