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O'Leary and Boyle of FHO Partners rep. InnoCentive in 21,674 s/f lease

FHO Partners, leader in the commercial real estate services field with significant experience in the greater Boston office market, today announced a 21,674 s/f lease headquarter relocation for InnoCentive to 610 Lincoln St. InnoCentive decided to relocate from its existing facility to capitalize on the variety of amenities available at its new headquarter office space. "InnoCentive's approach to connecting diverse organizations with dynamic thinkers around the world is changing the way humans problem-solve, and creating groundbreaking new solutions to novel challenges," said Michael O'Leary, vice president at FHO Partners. "We are delighted InnoCentive selected the FHO Partners team to help it overcome the challenge of finding new office space; and we commend this home-grown company for doing business in Massachusetts." O'Leary and partner John Boyle of FHO represented InnoCentive in the transaction, and Chip Batchelder, managing director of Wyman Street represented Hobbs Brook Mgmt., the landlord. "We're so busy helping our cutting-edge clients develop innovative solutions to some of the most complex challenges, that it made sense for us to retain the services of a high-quality firm like FHO Partners to oversee our site selection process," said Robert Kinney, InnoCentive chief financial officer. "FHO understood very clearly what our needs were and did not waste our time, thus allowing us to view and identify the options that made the most sense for our requirement." InnoCentive is the global leader in offering innovation and creative services to a wide range of businesses, academic institutions, public sector and non-profit organizations. Through the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace InnoCentive connects companies with over 200,000 of the world's most creative minds. Created in 2001 InnoCentive has a global network in more than 175 countries, while maintaining complete confidentiality for its clients. "Hobbs Brook Management is an owner and operator committed to providing its tenants and their employees with a reliable and fully functional business environment. Wyman Street Advisors is a leading real estate firm which delivers personalized solutions and strategies to its clients. Through a value driven and personalized approach, Wyman creates long term relationships and exceptional results. FHO Partners is a commercial real estate firm providing brokerage and transaction management services to multi-market, national and international corporate real estate portfolios, both owned and leased. In the world of commercial real estate, FHO Partners' people-powered approach stands out. The senior partners of the firm have worked together for more than 20 years providing customized advisory consulting and brokerage services to a range of corporate and institutional clients locally, nationally and overseas.
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