Category: Financial Digest

Wilmington, MA JLL Capital Markets has arranged $57 million in construction financing for 800 Salem St., an industrial logistics development totaling 237,800 s/f. The project is fully entitled with site work complete, vertical construction underway and an anticipated delivery in Q3 2024.

Montville, CT Worth Avenue Capital, LLC (WAC) has closed a $1.5 million construction loan to a Connecticut-based real estate developer. The loan proceeds are being used towards the construction of an 18-unit condominium complex.

Boston, MA Barings has provided an $84 million loan to refinance the existing loan on Hotel Commonwealth. JLL advised the sponsorship on the financing from Barings. Located at 500 Commonwealth Ave., situated in Kenmore Sq., adjacent to Boston University’s campus and Fenway Park,

North Adams, MA According to MountainOne Bank, Jason Bianchi has joined the residential lending team as assistant vice president, community mortgage lending specialist. Reporting directly to the head of residential lending, Bianchi will work out of the Berkshires, and serve as a member of the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) committee.

Chicopee, MA MassDevelopment has issued a $6.543 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Mental Health Association, Inc. (MHA), which will use proceeds to buy and renovate a 78,378 s/f building at 350 Memorial Dr. where it will relocate its headquarters from Springfield, Mass. and house its mental health programs and residential and support services.

Boston, MA According to developer Millennium Partners, M&T Bank, one of the nation’s largest banks with over $200 billion in assets, has signed a lease for 39,000 s/f of office space at Winthrop Center, a 691-foot mixed-use tower in the city. The energy-efficient office space at Winthrop Center was certified by Passive House Institute as the largest Passive House office building in the world.

Natick, MA Accelerator Biotechnology Incubator (ABI) Labs secured $13.6 million in financing from Rockland Trust for a strategic expansion which will provide additional state-of-the-art lab space and resources research to partnering businesses. ABI-Labs supports

Brookline, MA Colliers arranged the $16 million refinancing of Babcock Place, a newly constructed 45-unit multifamily property in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of the city. The Colliers team, led by vice president Patrick Boyle, worked with developer Sam Slater of Tremont Asset Management LLC

North Adams, MA MountainOne Bank has promoted Richard Kelly, who has assumed the role of senior vice president, senior commercial risk officer. This newly created position supports MountainOne’s commitment to asset quality while enhancing its loan approval process.

Dedham, MA 1831 Bancorp, the mutual holding company parent of Dedham Institution for Savings (Dedham Savings), and South Shore Bancorp, the mutual holding company parent of South Shore Bank have jointly completed their merger under the 1831 Bancorp, MHC name, effective January 1, 2024.

Easton, MA North Easton Savings Bank has been recognized in the 16^th Annual Banker & Tradesman Readers’ Poll with two gold medals – one for Best Community Bank and one for Best HELOC Provider.