Top Stories: December 2011

Suffolk Const. breaks ground on The Victor - a $92 million, 377,000 s/f residential tower, 95 Haverhill St., Boston; designed by ADD Inc Carbone Comm'l. reps. Cieri Group in $1.65 million purchase; Bachini of Thomas Group reps seller of 235 Salem St., Woburn LNR Property Corp. signs $25 million purchase agreement with Navy for 830-acre site in Weymouth for SouthField development AvalonBay's proposed $125 million 30-story development, 45 Stuart St., approved by Boston Redevelopment Authority BOMA recognizes property manager Kelly Oyekoya of Jones Lang LaSalle and 21 Custom House St. building and ING Building Wason Assoc. brokers $3.2 million sale of 104-room Best Western Granite Inn, 10 Laurent St., Nashua; sold by Karen Enterprises Choate of Grubb & Ellis|Northern New England sells 30,000 s/f industrial at 14 Patterson Lane, Newington, NH to Sponge-Jet Roedel begins renovation of former Clarion hotel in Manchester; to open as The Falls Center and LaQuinta Inn & Suites HMFH Architects honored with design award from New England Concrete Masonry Assn. for Rashi School, Dedham, Mass. The Hamilton Co. brings moderate rate residence to Downtown Crossing, 8 Winter St., Boston; ICON Archt. provides design Boudrot and Gallagher of NAI Hunneman broker 13,360 s/f office lease to RentGrow at 307 Waverly Oaks Rd., Waltham, Mass. Marcone Capital arranges $11.5 million financing of 750 East Main St., Stamford, Conn.; provided by Sovereign Bank Schecher of NAI Global arranges $4 million acquisition financing for 14,000 s/f retail property at 1209 Main St., Richmond, RI Waldman & Assoc. and Allworth Realty co-broker sale of 22,500 s/f Forbes Sq. at 1235 Wampanoag Trail, East Providence Hayes & Sherry/Cushman & Wakefield Alliance leases 12,545 s/f to Women & Infants at 101 Plain St., Providence; Sisto & Mardo assist Wayne J. Griffin Electric completes Dept. of Motor Vehicles electrical installation project at 600 New London Ave., Cranston Carucci and Hinds of Group Boston Real Estate broker $3.2 million sale of 8,580 s/f mixed-use at 48-50 Temple Place, Boston Suglia of Citizens Bank NH closes $25 million refinancing loan with CNL for Omni Mt. Washington Resort Hotel and Bretton Woods Ski Montesi and Inglese of New Haven Group negotiate $1.6 million sale of 20,600 s/f medical office at 40 Dale Rd., Avon, Conn. Suffolk breaks ground on $220 million, 390,000 s/f Millennium Place III, Boston residential tower; design by Handel Architects HYLWA, Inc. builds 23,000 s/f The EDGE Fitness Club at Basser Kaufman's retail site, 600 New Haven Ave., Derby, Conn. 2011 marks the 45th anniversary of G. Greene Const. of Boston; notable projects include Beth Israel Deaconess and Dana-Farber Horvath, Tremblay, Miller of Marcus & Millichap sell 64,800 s/f industrial building for $2.075 million to Staples at 100 Highland Dr., Putnam, Conn. RDK Engineers provides MEP/FP services for $23 million American Bureau of Shipping Info Commons project at Mass. Maritime Academy