Excerpt from The Real Reporter:

On the independent brokerage front, several firms there have also continued to bring in new talent over the past 18 months, including Boston Realty Advisors, which in 2015 welcomed veteran suburban broker Douglas Adamian, luxury residential expert Janice Dumont and retail veteran Whitney E. Gallivan, as well as legal counsel Taran Grigsby, whose stints include Mayo Group and the state’s Division of Capital Asset Management.

“We are thrilled that as we expand the company we have been able to attract some incredible professionals who are going to help us continue that growth,” BRA founder Jason S. Weissman tells Real Reporter in reflecting upon a year when BRA handled a number of significant listings and not just on the equity side of the aisle. “We have been doing a ton of leasing,” says Weissman, including several marquee retail commitments handled by Gallivan and practice group leader Michael d’Hemecourt.

They are presently advising the owners of 604 Boylston St. on a sale of that building across from the Prudential Center as well as 282-286 Newbury St. around the corner. Meanwhile, d’Hemecourt and Gallivan have lured several marquee tenants to the Prudential Center’s expanding retail footprint.

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