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Nordblom Co. promotes Fremont-Smith to senior VP

The Nordblom Co. has promoted Todd Fremont-Smith to senior VP of development and director of mixed use projects. Fremont-Smith will oversee the permitting, development, and leasing of commercial assets. ?Fremont-Smith has developed property on behalf of corporate users and real estate investors, and has extensive experience investing in and transforming older, obsolete properties into successful second-generation assets. Fremont-Smith is master-planning the redevelopment of Northwest Park in Burlington, a 3.28 million s/f mixed-use development off Rte. 128.?Northwest Park is slated to be redeveloped into a high-density, vertically-integrated, mixed-use neighborhood, with 600,000 s/f of retail, restaurants, multifamily units and more than 2 million s/f of class-A office space. ?? "We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a world-class destination here in Burlington. ?This project is one of the most exciting mixed-use developments in the country, and I have been extremely pleased by the many folks here in Burlington and at the state level who have championed our vision for Northwest Park," said Fremont-Smith. "Todd is a tremendous asset to the organization as he brings boundless energy to our development projects," said Peter Nordblom, president of Nordblom.
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McEvoy of The Conrad Group brokers $2.9 million sale of industrial building

Hingham, MA The Conrad Group  has brokered the sale of 55 Research Rd., South Shore Park. The property consists of a 20,340 s/f single story manufacturing building on two acres of land.
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