AEW Capital Management Purchases 30 Innerbelt Road in Somerville

BOSTON--Cushman Wakefield announced the sale of 30 Innerbelt Road in Somerville, Massachusetts, to AEW Capital Management. The Cushman Wakefield team, led by President Robert Griffin, Vice Chairman Edward Maher and Executive Director Matt Pullen, oversaw the transaction of the 100% leased, multi-use industrial asset on behalf of Prologis, a leading owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate. 30 Innerbelt Road is a 195,357 square foot industrial asset featuring unmatched access to Greater Boston's highway system, providing the property's three tenants with superior accessibility Continue reading >>>

Kaplan Construction Completes Library Renovations at Boston College

BOSTON — Kaplan Construction, a general contractor and construction management firm providing comprehensive building programs to commercial, healthcare, multi-family, worship, institutional, and historic rehabilitation/adaptive reuse clients across Greater Boston, announced that it has completed two fast-track summer renovation projects for Boston College. The project was initiated and completed in less than three months in order to accommodate students upon their return in September. Kaplan Construction worked on two projects over the summer at the BC O'Neill Library, one of the center points Continue reading >>>

Business Digest for Nov. 4, 2014

Follow Daily News Business Editor Bob Tremblay on Twitter @Bob Tremblay_MW.Greater Boston leases space in Hopkinton Bret O’Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties in Marlborough recently completed a leasing spree in the Hopkinton Technology Park where it represented O’Brien Investment Partners LLC in 40,500 square feet between seven leases over a span of 10 months: 100B South St., 6,000 square feet to Gentle Giant Ventures LLC; 12 South St., 5,000 square feet to Anachemia Mining LLC; 3 Ave. C, 3,000 square feet to Alkras Holdings LLC; 5 Ave. C, 3,000 square feet to Phosphorex Inc.; 3 Continue reading >>>

Is Somerville Really the “Next Cambridge”?

For locals whose ideal Saturday involves re-reading “Infinite Jest,” listening to alt-J, and sipping an Americano out of a delightfully mismatched mug, a decision must be made: Cambridge or Somerville? Both boast their fair share of used bookstores, independent coffee houses, record shops, and vintage retailers. And although Cambridge has been a long-standing champion of flannel, the Greater Boston cultural landscape is changing. In the past year, Somerville has gone from “up-and-coming” to “arrived” as the enviable standard. Somerville is less often described as “the New Cambridge” Continue reading >>>

Mobile Food Market

Offered by North Suburban WIC program/ Hallmark Health System

Donations will consist of fresh produce, dairy products, and other refrigerated food items. Offered FREE of charge.

Please bring a grocery cart or reusable shopping bag to transport food home.

A shuttle service will be provided from Medford City Hall to the Mobile Market starting at 11:30 a.m.

Offered in partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Boston mayor: Ballot questions will bring labor to the polls

Related Coverage BOSTON (State House News Service) –  Boston Mayor Martin Walsh believes interest in three of the four ballot questions that will be decided Tuesday will drive labor voters to the polls and boost the Democratic ticket. Walsh, a former state lawmaker and former executive secretary-treasurer of the Greater Boston Labor Council, told the News Service Tuesday morning that initiative petitions related to casino gambling, the gas tax and earned sick time are driving labor interest. “That’s three big ballot questions going to mobilize labor to get out Continue reading >>>

Sotheby’s Margie Kern of Newton, Mass. Honored as a Top Performing Real …

NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Margie Kern, the leading Newton MA real estate broker, has been named today as one of Boston's Top 20 Performing Brokers by BOSTON TOP 20, the real estate industry's most respected sales tracking company. Selection to this prestigious list is based solely on monthly closed residential sales volume for September 2014 verified by an independent third party. Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/156167 Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/156168 Kern has been a broker in Newton and Greater Boston for the past 29 years and, Continue reading >>>

Voters’ verdict today on Coakley, Baker

Voters will choose Tuesday between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker to become the next Massachusetts governor, a vote that will spell redemption for one candidate and perhaps end the political career of the other.Both candidates packed their campaign schedules Monday with events in Greater Boston, but those activities were squeezed around the afternoon funeral for former Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino, which consumed much of what is usually a frenetic election eve. Continue reading below The gubernatorial race has been among the most closely fought in the country as Continue reading >>>

Governor-elect must attend to widening gap

Thank heavens it’s Election Day, so we won’t have to listen to the people who want to be governor go on and on about the economy anymore.OK, hopefully that got your attention. Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley never stopped talking during the campaign, but the subject of the state’s economy hardly ever came up. Can you remember anything either of them said about it? Continue reading below So here’s a brief but important reminder for the person who will actually become our next governor (you’ll know who you are by this evening): Massachusetts doesn’t have Continue reading >>>