By Yogev Toby Globe Correspondent,Updated July 17, 2026, 9:49 a.m. That sort of building base modification can carry a hefty price tag, said Wil Catlin, senior partner at real estate firm Boston Realty Advisors. “This is real estate as a business, and where that asset starts to really perform is [when it gets] a tenant,” […]
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20Jul
In sign of the times, brand-new office building in Cambridge sells for $1
Boston Commercial Real Estate
04Feb
How the sale of a brand-new, empty office building in Cambridge will reshape the real estate market
Boston Commercial Real EstateThe building could sell for less than half what its developers paid to build it By Catherine Carlock Globe Staff,Updated February 3, 2026, 7:49 a.m. Boston’s wave of buildings selling at lower prices has helped re-set the market, which hasn’t yet happened in Cambridge, said Wil Catlin, senior partner at real estate firm Boston Realty Advisors. […]
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16Sep
In largest lease deal of year, Bostonpasses GO, collects 700 jobs with Hasbro
Boston Commercial Real EstateThe toymaker’s headquarters relocation marks Boston’s largest leasedeal of the year By Catherine Carlock Globe Staff,Updated September 9, 2025, 10:51 a.m. Boston’s commercial real estate industry on Monday nabbed something that’s become alltoo rare in this rocky economic landscape: a straight-up win. Toymaker Hasbro — whose iconic brands include Monopoly, Scrabble, My Little Pony, […]
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BOSTON REALTY ADVISORS BUYS 136 NEWBURY ST. FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS
Boston Commercial Real EstateLeave a commentBRA Commercial and Advisors Living Residential Moving Into Trophy Building August 24, 2022 – By Tom Palmer BOSTON – After 21 years of growing commercial and residential business from its offices on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, Boston Realty Advisors, the largest independent real estate brokerage and consulting company in Massachusetts, closed today on […]
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Corporate Signs Are Proliferating on Boston Office Towers. Here’s Why.
Boston Commercial Real Estate“It wasn’t that long ago when the best that most tenants could hope for was a plaque at a lobby entrance. A tower sign, in comparison, builds almost instant brand recognition”, said Wil Catlin, at Boston Realty Advisors. Catlin cites the recently installed CarGurus logo atop a tower at 1001 Boylston St., where the online […]
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