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Thru the Lens: Commercial Brokers Association’s host 2017 Charity Softball Tournament at Moakley Park

Wining team from JLL

South Boston, MA Eleven teams representing commercial brokerage, architectural and construction firms competed in the Commercial Brokers Association’s (CBA) 2017 Charity Softball Tournament at Moakley Park, which raised $10,000 for Team IMPACT. JLL was the winning team for the third year in a row, and CBRE|New England were the runners-up. Also participating were Avison Young, Colliers, Commodore Builders, Cube 3 Studios, J. Calnan & Associates, NAI Hunneman, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Transwestern, and Vantage Builders.

Team from CBRE

Founded in 2011, Team IMPACT improves the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses by drafting them onto local college athletic teams. Team IMPACT children become an official member of the team from draft day through graduation. 

The child gains great strength, camaraderie and support and the student athletes are taught lessons about courage, resiliency and life perspective that they can’t learn in a classroom.

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