BOSTON— CB Richard Ellis announced that it represented one of Invesco Real Estate’s institutional clients in four leases totaling 53,445 square feet at One Burlington Business Center in Burlington, Mass.

BOSTON — A Newmark Knight Frank agency leasing team comprising Principal Austin Smith, Director Jason Bryer and Associate Stefan Frey has been named as exclusive marketing agent for 1115 West Chestnut Street, a three-story, 40,500-square-foot office building located in Brockton, Mass.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass- – Marie E. Fitzgerald IIDA of Symmes Maini & McKee Associates (SMMA) was honored as Designer of the Year by the New England Chapter of CoreNet Global during the Chapter’s 5th Annual dinner gala and award ceremonies held November 6th at the Seaport Hotel.

BOSTON – Shawmut Design and Construction, in collaboration with architects Goody Clancy, completed the renovation of historic Byerly Hall at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The complete renovation brought the stately historic building to new heights of ecological consciousness with geothermal wells that maintain a low-impact temperature regulation system for the building which is seeking LEED ® Gold certification.

CHICAGO—Corporate real estate (CRE) executives are less likely to be willing to pay a premium for green office space than they were a year ago, even though more of them see energy and sustainability as a business priority, according to a new survey conducted by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle.

BOSTON –   RDK Engineers has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the debut of an employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe.   The Globe 100’s Top Places to Work magazine was published in the Sunday Globe on November 9. 

WALTHAM, Mass. - Eastport Real Estate Services, Inc. recently announced that it has added four commercial properties totaling over 200,000 square feet to its property management portfolio.

BOSTON — CB Richard Ellis/New England, a joint venture partner with CB Richard Ellis, announced the promotions of three property management members: Eileen Carroll has been promoted to the position of Vice President/Portfolio Manger and Emily Batchelder and Laura Mintz have been promoted to the positions of Vice President/General Manager.

EAST WALPOLE, Mass. - Columbia Construction recently completed a 115,000 s.f. Diagnostic Reagent Facility Expansion for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, in East Walpole, Mass.  The expansion was in response to the industry’s growing demand for Siemens’ diagnostic tests manufactured locally here in Massachusetts.

CHICAGO - Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced the expansion of its existing strategic alliance relationship with Procter & Gamble to include a range of transaction and strategic portfolio planning services for P&G's owned and leased real estate worldwide.

BOSTON – Skanska USA Building Inc., a leading U.S. provider of construction, general contracting, design and design-build services, recently announced that Mary Ann Williams has been hired in the Boston office as a Project Executive.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, a nationally recognized architectural, planning and interior design firm specializing in science, educational, sports and corporate facilities, has hired two new architects and three designers to its team of design professionals.

BOSTON – Margulies Perruzzi Architects (formerly Margulies & Associates) announced that it has completed the design of a 5,000 square foot office in Burlington, Massachusetts for Walden Media, the film studio behind “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”

WINCHESTER, Mass.—Wise Construction Corporation, a construction management firm specializing in the healthcare, biotechnology, education and corporate clients, announced that it recently completed construction projects for MGH Institute of Health Professions in Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.

Scarborough, ME- Construction has begun on Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation's new 90,000 square foot, energy efficient office building in Scarborough, ME. A groundbreaking ceremony for the $25,000,000 project was held this month on the Gateway Square property.