Community Cooks is a volunteer organization serving meals to those in the community who need it. Community Cooks has grown tremendously recently since first starting up in Somerville twenty-three years ago. It started out as a few neighbors cooking hot meals for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. But the idea of this and the charity work […]
Somerville’s Magoun Square is becoming a different area, changed by yoga and bikes. There is a shift in urban community towards wealthier residents and businesses bringing with it a new personality. Some may say that this is a good change, while others who currently enjoy the urban community see this change as losing some of […]
Toni Shelzi, of ABG Commercial Realty, represented the lessee, Soar Enterprises LLC, and lessor, Joy Street Limited Partners, in the lease of a 4,000 square foot of industrial and flex space at 64 Joy Street in Somerville. The lease was signed on January 15, 2014. Joy Street Limited Partners also works in conjunction […]
Fuji is coming to Somerville as part of the ongoing development of Assembly Row. Julian Lewis of ABG Realty was the sole broker in the transaction of 4,361 square feet of restaurant space between the JP Fuji Group and Federal Realty Investment Trust, the group behind the Row’s construction. This massive urban mixed-use development hopes […]
The Greater Boston area has long been a popular destination for startup companies. Nowadays, startup hotspots such as Kendall Square and lately South Boston’s Innovation District are stretched thin for affordable office space. These days it is standard for rents to top $50 per square foot in Kendall. As sky-high prices are pushing companies out […]
East Boston Savings Bank’s Somerville Branch officially broke ground on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013. Bernard Gibbons of ABG Realty represented both buyer and seller in the transaction of 37 Union Square, which was leased earlier this year. Gibbons also represented the space’s former tenant, Union Square Veterinary Clinic, in moving to its current location on […]
A Somerville startup is poised to revolutionize the eye care industry by making optometry more affordable and accessible. EyeNetra has developed a solution that allows users to take a refractive test and receive a prescription, all from their mobile phone. EyeNetra was launched in 2011 as a product of collaborative research conducted in the MIT […]
Together with the Somerville Chamber of Commerce, ABG Realty sponsored a networking event last Thursday at the Winter Hill Yacht Club in Somerville, located on a beautiful wharf on the edge of the Mystic River. This marked the first occasion that the Yacht Club opened its doors to the public, and ABG was glad to […]
Hi All, We would like to thank you for reading our blog and keeping up with our company updates. We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving weekend. We will return to blogging on Monday. Look forward to more things coming soon. ABG Commercial
The New England Revolution, a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, may be moving. The owner of the club, The Kraft Group, is interested in constructing a new $100 million soccer stadium in Assembly Square, Somerville. Currently, the team plays at Gilette Stadium, which has a massive capacity of 68,756. Unfortunately for the Revolution, the […]
