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Posted: July 1, 2016
O’Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. completes 56,763 s/f in leases
Hopkinton Technology Park lab - Hopkinton, MA
Bret O’Brien, Greater Boston Commercial Properties
Hopkinton, MA Bret O’Brien, president of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. (GBCP) recently completed a leasing spree in The Hopkinton Technology Park, totaling 56,763 s/f.
Almost half of the total square footage leased was laboratory space for biotechnology and chemistry type companies.
Three of the transactions totaling 22,000 s/f were existing tenant extensions, while 34,763 s/f represented new leases in the park.
The new tenants included EMC, Boston Rustic Weddings, Rimkus Consulting and the largest of the new tenants Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals.
All of the transactions occurred over the first four months of 2016 and eliminated the majority of the available space in the park.
Founded in 2011 by Bret O’Brien to serve the suburban office and industrial markets. The company is strategically located on Interstate 495 in Northborough just North of the Mass Pike Interchange, which is considered to be the epicenter of New England’s highway network.
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