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Peabody, MA Tishman Speyer and Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc. (MFA) acquired a 60-acre, fully-entitled development site from Analogic Corp. at 8 Centennial Dr. The site consists of a 515,000 s/f office and manufacturing facility that has served as Analogic’s headquarters for over 40 years.

Portsmouth, NH Chinburg Development, LLC purchased 40 Pleasant St. from Allison Street Holdings, LLC. The 24,237 s/f building sold for $5.45 million in a transaction arranged by Kent White and Caitlin Burke of The Boulos Company.

Chelsea, MA North Shore Realty Advisors Inc. negotiated the $5 million sale of 32 Annese Rd. The 1970s brick garden-style apartment building consists of 16 apartments with 18 off-street parking spaces. 32 Annese has 14,880 rentable s/f and 15,480 gross s/f and offers laundry facilities on-site

Waltham, MA Welch’s, a leader in the fruit-based food and beverage industry, will be relocating to Reservoir Place from Concord in 2025. Having a headquarters presence in Concord for the last 40 years, Welch’s worked with Cushman & Wakefield to identify office spaces

Portsmouth, RI Lila Delman Compass negotiated the sale of 271 Carnegie Harbor Dr. for $4.15 million. Eric Kirton of Lila Delman Compass’ Newport office, represented the buyer in this transaction.

Boston, MA The Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) has a new name and strategic focus for its local office, which will immediately be known as LISC Massachusetts. The expanded strategic and programmatic focus will help LISC reach communities across the state. LISC Massachusetts provides accessible financing, technical assistance, and policy expertise to local community development organizations

Wellesley, MA Boston Realty Advisors (BRA) represented Babson College in a new 15-year lease for the Longfellow Wellesley Tennis and Health Club in the former Boston Sports Club (BSC) at 140 Great Plain Ave.

This article summarizes the basics of (a) the federal Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), which became effective on January 1^st, 2024, (b) the New York LLC Transparency Act (NY LLCTA), which was passed on March 1^st, 2024 and becomes effective on January 1^st, 2026, and (c) state transparency laws that have been proposed for passage in California and Massachusetts.

Brockton, MA MassHire Greater Brockton Workforce Board has appointed Jason Hunter as the next executive director. Born and raised in the region, Hunter has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit world and has been proven to be a leader in the field.

Beverly, MA MassDevelopment has issued a $9.4 million tax-exempt bond, enhanced with a mortgage insurance guarantee, on behalf of Northshore Education Consortium (NEC), an educational collaborative providing special education across multiple public day schools to students with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disabilities.

Portsmouth, NH David Choate, executive vice president and a principal of Colliers, has been inducted into the 2023 Everest Club. Choate’s brokerage expertise covers the sale, leasing, and valuation of office, industrial, and investment properties, as well as commercial land tracts in the Portsmouth and Dover submarkets.

Hudson, MA Bret O’Brien and Ben Gatti of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. represented the seller of 68 Tower St. The 40,000 s/f property is on 1.2 acres and sold for $2 million.