NEEDHAM, MA — NAIOP Massachusetts, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, announced that Boston Properties, Inc. will receive NAIOP's 2010 Distinguished Real Estate Award for achievements in real estate, charitable activities, and community betterment.

BOSTON – Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, LLC (RBJ&P), a full-service commercial real estate advisory firm, announced a new 28,000 square foot lease the firm brokered on behalf of AEW Capital Management, L.P. and Griffith Properties, LLC, owners of Ballardvale Office Park (Wilmington, Mass.).

BOSTON--Robert K. Shibuya has been named an advisory board member at Boston-based CresaPartners LLC, the nation’s largest corporate real estate advisory firm exclusively representing tenants. Shibuya, a 27-year industry professional, will provide input on strategic market development, tenant advisory services, and transaction management best practices.

BOSTON— CB Richard Ellis announced that it has been selected by Marathon Realty as the Exclusive Leasing Agent for One Griffin Brook Drive in Methuen, Massachusetts, a 32,935 square foot modern office building located adjacent to Interstate 93.

QUINCY, MA – J. Calnan & Associates, Inc. announced that Chris Modica has joined the Quincy-based company as a Project Manager. In this capacity, he will be responsible for advancing JC&A’s ability to deliver superior project management services to its clients and will focus on continuing to expand the firm’s corporate and private school project portfolio.

BOSTON— CB Richard Ellis/New England, a joint venture partner with CB Richard Ellis, announced that Connie Pemmerl, a banking and financial services industry veteran, has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Capital Markets.

BEDFORD, MA — Richard McKinnon, Director of Brokerage Services for The Grossman Companies, Inc., has been named Exclusive Agent for the retail shops at The Village at Taylor Pond in Bedford, Mass.

BOSTON — Legacy Real Estate Ventures, LLC (Legacy), a privately held real estate investment firm, has recently signed three new leases totaling 5,700 square feet at 607 Pleasant Street in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The landlord has signed leases with G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency, LLC, Commemorative Brands, Inc. and South Bay Mental Health Center.

QUINCY, MA — FHO Partners announced a 16,693 square foot lease agreement for Work N Gear, LLC, a leading manufacturer of work wear apparel and footwear for the service, industrial and healthcare industries. The lease agreement will result in the relocation of Work •N Gear's corporate headquarters in Weymouth's Libbey Industrial Park to its new location at 2300 Crown Colony Drive in Quincy, MA.

BOSTON — Boston-based Colliers Meredith & Grew announced that it has successfully brokered the sale of Wychmere Harbor Beach & Tennis Club and Wychmere Shores Condominiums located in Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Atlas Investment Group of Boston. The $21.1 million transaction closed in May 2010.

WESTWOOD, MA— Essex Builders Corp. is finishing up exterior façade renovations for Central Chrysler Jeep and Dodge located on the Auto-Mile in Norwood at 56 Providence Highway (Rte. 1). Design documents prepared by John R. Perry Architect, Ltd. of Norwood, reflect Chrysler's new brand theme for its North American dealerships.

BOSTON - On behalf of KBS Realty Advisors, Cushman & Wakefield of Massachusetts, Inc. announced the sale of NAGOG PARK, a collection of nine office buildings set within the 120-acre master-planned corporate park in Acton, MA.

BOSTON—Colin Greenhalgh, Associate of GVA Thompson Hennessey & Partners represented Global Education Management in its recent lease at 192 South Street in Boston. The landlord, KAP Investment Associates, was represented by Christian Gotfredson of NAI Hunneman
Commercial Company.

SHIRLEY, MA-- Robert France of Senate Construction Corp. has been appointed as Treasurer of the Associated General Contractors (Massachusetts Chapter) for the 2010 — 2011 year.

BOSTON — Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, LLC (RBJ&P), a full-service commercial real estate advisory firm, announced that the firm has been hired by NPV/Direct Invest, LLC as the exclusive leasing agent for the Braintree Business Park in Braintree, Mass.

7/7/2010

WOBURN, MA--Mike Boyle’s Strength and Conditioning recently leased 9,605 square feet of space at 29 Draper Street, Woburn MA. Micah Stubblebine of The Stubblebine Company/CORFAC International represented tenant, while Bill Coppins from Coppins Real Estate represented the landlord in the transaction.

6/29/2010

LOS ANGELES — CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc (NYSE:CBG) announced that it is the first recipient of Frost & Sullivan's Global Excellence in Outsourcing Award in the commercial real estate services sector. In selecting CB Richard Ellis as the world's premier commercial real estate services outsourcing firm, Frost & Sullivan, a leading research and consulting firm, conducted an exhaustive, independent assessment of the commercial real estate services industry globally.

6/4/2010

BOSTON, MA – June 4, 2010 – FHO Partners, a leader in the commercial real estate services field with extensive experience in the greater Boston office market, today announced the addition of a new member to its Corporate Advisory Services group, as well as the promotion of an existing employee to a new role within the firm’s Corporate Services group.

6/3/2010

BOSTON – Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, LLC (RBJ&P), a full-service commercial real estate advisory firm, announced that it advised Charles River Ventures in a 13,576 square foot lease renewal for the venture capital firm’s east coast headquarters.

6/3/2010

BOSTON— CB Richard Ellis/New England announced that it has facilitated two lease renewals totaling 17,600 square feet at Burlington Centre, a 600,000 square foot master-planned office park located in Burlington, Massachusetts.

6/3/2010

BOSTON – Colliers Meredith & Grew’s Capital Markets group announced that it has arranged a $8.5 million refinancing for a four-building, 173,917-square-foot portfolio of office and R&D buildings located at 97, 99, 103-105 and 107-109 South Street in Hopkinton.

6/3/2010

BURLINGTON, MA– Over 1,000 people gathered on Admiral’s Hill in Chelsea to participate in the second annual Walk to Defeat ALS. Erland Construction, the construction manager for the new Leonard Florence Center for Living, was a corporate sponsor and fielded a team of walkers for the event.

6/3/2010

BOSTON—NAI Hunneman, a leading provider of commercial real estate services to corporations, institutions and the private market, brokered the sale of a 21-unit apartment building in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood and received the asking price of $5.22 million, reaching a new high water mark in terms of price per rental unit in the Fenway area of Boston.

5/19/2010

BOSTON – Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, LLC (RBJ&P), a full-service commercial real estate advisory firm, announced that it advised Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage New England and its affiliated companies NE Moves Mortgage, LLC and NRT Insurance Agency, Inc. for a new 54,034 square foot lease at 52 Second Avenue in Waltham, Mass.

5/19/2010

WATERTOWN, MA– FHO Partners, a leader in the commercial real estate services field with extensive experience in the greater Boston office market, announced a 20,000-square-foot regional headquarters lease renewal for Mobile Messenger.