Category: Retail

Boston, MA BioMed Realty, a Blackstone portfolio company and provider of real estate solutions to the life science and technology industries, executed a lease with James Beard award-winning chef Lydia Shire for a restaurant concept at Seaport Science Center, a 492,000 s/f life science redevelopment.

Boston, MA WS Development, is bringing Skin Laundry, a pioneering Los Angeles-based skincare company, to four of its greater Boston properties this spring. The new locations include Derby Street Shops in Hingham, where the brand will debut in March, followed by openings at MarketStreet Lynnfield in Lynnfield, Legacy Place in Dedham, and at Boston Seaport’s.

Hamden, CT Stephen Press, SIOR, co-principal of Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services, facilitated the signing of the long-term lease for Hamden Eye Associates at 1960-1970 Whitney Ave. This high visibility location offers identity for the 2,350 s/f retail/office suite.

Boston, MA Hair Seaport, a new salon concept, is now open at Seaport’s newest retail and dining destination, The Superette. With Hair Seaport, co-owner Andrew Alicea expands his presence in Seaport, adding to his neighborhood institution, Seaport Barbers. 

Boston, MA Retail industry veteran Ann Ehrhart is launching EVERSTREET, a woman-owned retail real estate advisory group. EVERSTREET helps clients navigate and thrive in a retail environment undergoing a massive sea change by trading conventional brokerage for a strategic planning & activation services model. 

Shirley, MA BoomX Cannabis opened their recreational adult use retail dispensary at 114 Lancaster Rd. with a ribbon cutting ceremony. They were joined by town officials, members of the board of selectmen, marijuana subcommittee selection board and the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce. 

Plymouth, MA Sean and Michelle Sinclair celebrate their first anniversary in America by serving a proper British tea to fascinated Americans who seek out authentic experiences. It was not an easy journey bringing a taste of Britain to ‘America’s Hometown’.

Chelmsford, MA Bret O’Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. represented the buyer of 63 Middlesex St. O’Brien acted on behalf of the buyer in the purchase of the 141,000 s/f industrial building to negotiate exceptional value at $3.153 million or $22 per s/f.

Swampscott, MA Atlantic Capital Partners has sold four Stop & Shop assets for $70 million totaling 272,542 s/f. The portfolio consisted of assets in the communities of Malden, Swampscott, Framingham, and Bristol, RI. Justin Smith, head of Capital Markets; Chris Peterson, vice president of Capital Markets;  and Sam Koonce, associate, oversaw the transaction which had Atlantic Capital Partners exclusively representing both buyer and seller.