New direct flights to and from Boston Logan International Airport have caused foreign investors to take a closer look into what Boston has to offer. These direct flights make it easier and more convenient for investors to come to Boston to evaluate investments and monitor performance. With increasing access to the city, Boston is now […]
A 20-acre property encompassing the outdated Arsenal Mall and adjacent properties will be transformed into the new Arsenal Yards. In following the trend of live, work, and play space, this mixed-use property embodies modern city life redefined for the desired live/work/play space with 325,000 sf of retail space, 425 residential units, 160,000 sf of office […]
The perfect Arlington office space to grow your small business is ready for lease! Address: 61 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02474 Price: $25/SF Size: 2,400 SF Are you in the market for a conveniently located, large office venue to house your small business? Then this 2,400 square foot property is the space […]
Decades of research as well as post occupancy evaluations have supported the notion that workplace design impacts employee productivity, satisfaction, recruitment, and retention. These finding have inspired innovations in the workplace design, including more day lighting, shared and collaborative spaces to smart work areas. The workspace design continues to evolve to meet the needs […]
Bernard Gibbons of ABG Commercial Realty brokers a 12 acre undeveloped land deal at 166 Samoset Street in Plymouth for 2.6 million dollars. The buyer, Colonial Automotive Group will relocate its current Ford dealership from just across the street and build a new state of the art 50,000 square foot dealership. The seller, Cumberland Farms, […]
ABG Realty would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of John R. Burns (1935-2015) of Arlington, MA. Affectionately known as “Jack” by many friends and colleagues, ABG Realty had the honor in 2011 of announcing Jack’s membership to our commercial brokerage team. Jack was responsible for multiple commendable real […]
Photo by: The Boston Globe With vacancy rates as high as 8.0% for industrial properties in the Boston commercial real estate market, many have been searching for a way to keep their businesses out of the red. One of the new innovations as of late is the re-purposing of industrial building’s roofs for solar panel […]
In the first quarter of 2015, the Boston industrial market showed minimal change from Q4 of 2014. The vacancy rate stayed the same in both quarters, at 8.0%; however, that number was down from Q3 of 2014, where the vacancy rate was at 8.3%. The overall vacancy rate for flex and warehouse projects went down, […]
The Boston office market finished the first quarter of 2015 in an overall positive standing. It concluded the quarter with vacancy rates averaging at 9.1%, not a significant change from the previous quarter of 9.2%, however, vacancy rates have been consistently decreasing among all types of office spaces, i.e. Class A, Class b, and Class […]
The commercial real estate retail market has experienced minimal change in the first quarter of 2015. The retail market saw the vacancy rate held at 3.9%; vacancy rates are determined by a “percentage of the total amount of physically vacant space divided by the total amount of existing inventory.” The Boston retail market includes the […]
