Holliston Office Space

WALTHAM, MA-A real estate company already entrenched in this suburban office market stronghold has beat out a number of suitors for 175 Wyman St., a vacant 335,000-sf office property that was owned briefly by the Blackstone Group following its $39-billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust earlier this year. According to industry sources, Hobbs Brook Management LLC paid $38 million for the complex, or about $113 per sf.

SHREWSBURY, MA-The University of Massachusetts will take the 670,000-sf two-building complex at 333 South St. here.

BOSTON-One of the downtown’s most venerable landmarks is another step closer to a major renovation, as Suffolk Construction Co. has been tabbed to provide pre-construction services for the $370 million overhaul of the Filene’s Department Store complex. Vornado Realty Trust and Gale International are expanding the in-fill site anchored by 426 Washington St., upon which are three historic buildings that will be incorporated into the 1.5-million-sf project.

The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is getting a makeover.

BOSTON, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Walter D. Pinkard, Jr. has been named chairman of Colliers USA, part of global real estate organization Colliers International. Margaret Wigglesworth, president and CEO of Colliers USA, made the announcement today in Boston.

Downtown Boston tower owners, as they jack up rents on corporate tenants, could soon be faced with an unwanted backlash, a top Boston real estate firm warns.

WALTHAM, MA-A real estate company already entrenched in this suburban office market stronghold has beat out a number of suitors for 175 Wyman St.

ANDOVER, MA-Women’s footwear maker Sofft Shoe Inc. is about to cross the border from Hudson, NH, according to sources who claim the company is relocating to Brickstone Square.

25 Litchfield Street, Leominster, a 71,855 s.f. manufacturing/warehouse facility on 4.2 acres was recently sold by 25 Litchfield Street LP for $1,575,000 to First Plastics of Leominster.

NASHUA, NH-A 700,000-sf corporate campus owned by Hewlett Packard Corp. is the latest suburban office property being cast upon the investment waters, with industry sources telling GlobeSt.com that the technology company is seeking a buyer.