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O'Brien Commercial Properties secures 45,200 s/f in Marlboro and Southboro

O'Brien Commercial Properties continues to lease space in the boroughs. O'Brien Comm'l. Props. recently completed five leases totaling over 45,000 s/f at industrial and flex locations within a half mile of exit 23C off I-495. Bret O'Brien represented Webco Engineering in a new lease of 12,432 s/f at 155 Northboro Rd. in Southboro. The company, which is relocating from their 16,000 s/f building which O'Brien Commercial properties sold at 45 Hopkinton Rd. in Westboro, manufactures custom equipment for the paper industry. O'Brien also represented Aspen Systems in a 10,770 s/f renewal at 24 Saint Martin Dr. located just off Rte. 495 exit 23C in Marlboro. Joel Aho of O'Brien Comm'l. Props. represented New England Optical Systems in a 7,500 s/f lease at 237 Cedar Hill St. At 257 Simarano Dr., O'Brien and Aho procured Qteros in a lease of the 8,900 s/f freestanding building I, while in the main building at the same address Eric O'Brien and Aho represented Simarano, LLC in a 5,600 s/f lease with Dotgain Systems.
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