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SPACE WANTED: 3,800sf Client Service and Administrative Space

August 10, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Office space wanted in Natick or Framingham. Contact us for the full RFP package including space criteria and details.

Target Occupancy Date: August 2024

Do you have vacant space in your commercial office building in the Natick or Framingham, MA area? We are currently looking to find suitable office space for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) for a period of no less than 10 years. The basics requirements are below. Please contact us today for more information and a review of your potential space. We will be happy to provide you with the request for proposal paperwork.

Program Description: The premises sought through this RFP will house a local client
service office of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC). MRC provides
comprehensive services to maximize the quality of life and economic self-sufficiency for
people with disabilities including, for example, vocational rehabilitation, independent living
rehabilitation, and disability determination services for social security benefits.
This office is expected to receive approximately 20 visitors per week.

 

Summary of Space Needs:

Location: Framingham or Natick with close and convenient access to public transportation,
major secondary streets, and thruways. To better serve client needs, preference is
given to properties located in a central business district and/or proximate to
community resources such as contracted providers, hospitals, courthouses, etc.
Please note that proposals for Premises outside this search area will not be
considered.

 

Amount of Space: Approximately 3,800 square feet of Usable Area. For the purposes of this
RFP, “Usable Area” means, with respect to the Premises or any space removed from or added
to the Premises, the square footage determined by measuring the entire floor area of the
Premises (or such other space) bounded by a line established by the predominant inside finish
of the permanent outside Building walls that abuts the floor (not from the inside face of the
windows) and by the interior surface of corridor walls or other demising walls. Deductions are
not made for columns or other structural elements, or for partitions subdividing the Premises.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances does the Usable Area include major
vertical penetrations such as ventilation shafts, elevator shafts, stairwells, atria, or lightwells,
and their respective enclosing walls, and it does not include vestibules, elevator-machine
rooms, and other building-equipment areas, janitorial, electrical, and mechanical closets,
loading platforms, restrooms, and their respective enclosing walls, irrespective of whether
Tenant occupies a portion of a floor, an entire floor, or an entire Building.

Type of Space: Client Service and Administrative Office
Type of Agreement: Commonwealth Office Lease
Term: 10 Years
Target Occupancy Date: August 2024
Parking: The UA has a requirement for 10 parking spaces, some of which may be utilized
24/7/365. Please provide the number of parking spaces provided in this proposal at no cost. If
spaces are available at an additional cost, please provide all relevant details.

 

The Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking office space to lease as summarized below:

Location: Framingham or Natick
Type of Space: Client Service and Administrative Office
Amount of Space: Approximately 3,800 square feet of Usable Area
Term: 10 Years
For Use By: Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
Project Number: 202304800
Submission Deadline: September 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Office Space Wanted, Real Estate Tagged With: Framingham, Natick, Office Space

Belmont, MA 2023 to 2024 Trash, Recycling, Hazardous waste, Mattress Schedule and Reference

August 8, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Did you lose your 2023 – 2024 Trash, Recycling, hazardous waste, mattress, textile (clothes) Schedule and Guide for Belmont, MA? Feel free to download it here or forward it on to your tenants to help keep our streets clean and our planet green.

To schedule a FREE! Pickup of mattresses and box springs, call (617) 993-2680 right away because appointments fill up fast You can put out 1 or a whole apartment full, they just need to know how many. As of this posting, the next available pickup date is September 5, 2023

Trash is collected every week, so have your barrels out before 7am on your designated day.

Recycling is on your designated color coded week and should also be out before 7am.

Hazardous waste (Dried latex paint goes in the trash) Link to Belmont’s site

2023 Collection Dates

Saturday, April 22
Saturday, May 13
Saturday, June 10
Saturday, July 15
Saturday, August 19
Sunday, September 17
Saturday, October 14
Saturday, November 4

There is also a new MA DEP ban on textiles (clothing, sheets, etc.) in the trash, so follow this link for more information on proper disposal. You deliver or schedule a pickup

Download the PDF for safe keeping Town of Belmont 2023 to 2024 Trash and Recycling Schedule and Guide

Belmont-Trash-Recycling-Calendar-2023-2024

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Massachusetts Single Family Market Insights ’23 Q2

August 1, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

As the second quarter of the 2023 real estate market comes to a close, it is time to take a look at what transpired. Let’s take a look at some statistics and wrap it up without overcomplicating it. We will discuss interest rates in a different post, however, they are a key driver in what’s happening in the market.

  1. Over the past 5 years, the sales volume is down while the sales price is up. The days listed on market is up this year, but still in line with the past two years staying under a month.
  2. Inventory is way down this year which has driven up single family home prices.
  3. Weekly active listings confirm the overall inventory shortage.
  4. Hover over the black dots to see the Sale to List price ratio. This shows us that the limited inventory is still causing multiple offer scenarios pushing the sales price above the list price.
  5. Even though the sale prices are up, the total dollar volume is down due to the lack of inventory and less sales over the past couple of years.
  6. Same as before, less monthly listings results in less sales in comparison to last year.
  7. Similar to the previous slide, just expanded to see the data in a weekly format rather than monthly. You can also see that there is a very similar weekly purchase trend as last year, just that the volume is down.
  8. Days on market for sold listings is up from last year, but only by a week, still leaving homes on the market for under a month before ACCEPTING an offer and the property going under agreement (UAG).
  9. Days to offer is just that, how many days on the market before receiving an offer. The days to offer will be lower than the days on market since days will be added to the offer time before accepting the offer and the property going under agreement.
  10. This is a monthly breakdown of the first slide of sales volume.
  11. Change in sales volume by zip code. If you have a question about your specific town, send us a message or give us a call to discuss your market.
  12. Same interactive map as the previous slide, this one just shows the percent change in transactions year over year.

 

Feel free to give us a shout to discuss your market or real estate plans. We look forward to hearing from you. (508) 258-9589

 

Filed Under: Market Review, News, Real Estate Tagged With: analytics, data, Market Review, Massachusetts, Statistics

Massachusetts Median Home and Condo Prices Reach New All- Time High for Month of January

February 22, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

MA Median Single-Family Home, Condo Prices Reach New All- Time High for Month of January:

MA Median Single-Family Home, Condo Prices Reach New All- Time High for Month of January

Single-family home sales down 32.6 percent on a year-over-year basis.

PEABODY, February 22, 2023 – Massachusetts single-family home and condominium prices continued to set records in January as sales activity plummeted by double digits, according to a new report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of real estate and transaction data.

Single-Family Homes

Last month, there were 2,379 single-family home sales in Massachusetts, a 32.6 percent decrease from January 2022 when there were 3,528 transactions. This marked the fewest number of single-family homes sales for the month of January since 2011. Meanwhile, the median single-family sale price increased 0.8 percent on a year-over-year basis to $499,000, a new all-time high for the month of January.

January 2021

January 2022

January 2023

% Change 2022-2023

% Change 2021-2023

Single-Family Home Sales

3,858

3,528

2,379

-32.6%

-38.3%

Median Single- Family Home Price

$446,000

$495,000

$499,000

0.8%

11.9%

“The lack of inventory in the housing market continued to add upward pressure to the median single-family home price,” said Cassidy Norton, Associate Publisher and Media Relations Director of The Warren Group. “The 2,379 single-family home sales marked the fewest number of transactions for the month of January since 2011 and the lack of inventory is mostly to blame. Add in the fact that interest rates are nearly double what they were a year ago and the rising cost of consumer goods, and we can expect sales numbers to continue their downward trend in the coming months.”

Condominiums

In January, there were 1,178 condominium sales, compared to 1,633 in January 2022 – a 27.9 percent decrease and the fewest transactions recorded for the month of January since 2015. Meanwhile, the median sale price spiked 9.2 percent on a year-over-year basis to $480,500 – a new all-time high for the month of January.

January 2021

January 2022

January 2023

% Change 2022-2023

% Change 2021-2023

Condominium Sales

1,696

1,633

1,178

-27.9%

-30.5%

Median Condominium Price

$400,000

$440,000

$480,500

9.2%

20.1%

“Condo sales activity followed similar trends to single-family homes in January, but the biggest different was the 9.2 percent increase in the median condo price,” Norton continued. “The median condo price of $480,500 marked a new all-time high for the month of January.

Historically, condos were a more affordable alternative to single-family homes, but that doesn’t appear to be the case any longer.”

LOCAL STATISTICS: Click for a town stats and county stats breakdown.

 

 

ABOUT THE WARREN GROUP

Customers use The Warren Group to identify new business opportunities through access to comprehensive real estate and mortgage data, analytics, and industry news coverage. Established in 1872, The Warren Group recently celebrated its 150th anniversary this year. It is now in its fourth generation of family ownership and management. It is the publisher of Banker & Tradesman, The Commercial Record and The Registry Review. For more information visit www.thewarrengroup.com.

 

Filed Under: Market Review Tagged With: Condo Prices, Market Review, Massachusetts, The Warren Group

100 Innings of baseball for ALS – Results

October 13, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

An article by Stan Grossfeld of the Boston Globe. Original article here.

STAN GROSSFELD

In Quincy, they play 100 innings of baseball in 27-plus hours to strike out ALS

By Stan Grossfeld Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2022, 5:00 a.m.
Exhausted players congratulate each other after more than 27 hours of playing baseball.
Exhausted players congratulate each other after more than 27 hours of playing baseball.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

QUINCY — They’ve been playing the 100 Innings of Baseball annually since 2004 to raise money for ALS research. It was the idea of a local amateur ballplayer named Brett Rudy, and when former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling got behind it, folks paid attention.

What is billed as the longest ­baseball game in the world starts at 9 a.m. at Adams Field on a gorgeous Saturday morning and ends 27 hours and 17 minutes later.

The teams are named for Walter Bentson and Rich “Ratt” Kennedy, who were both diagnosed with ALS. Bentson is an organizer and the chief umpire for the game, and Kennedy is the president of the Angel Fund for ALS Research, the charity of record.

“Lou Gehrig was diagnosed in 1939 and there is still no cure,” says Kennedy. “That drives me crazy.”

The 80 ballplayers raised more than $45,000 this year, adding to a total of $851,800 for various ALS charities.

“The score doesn’t matter,” says Bentson, who imported 80 volunteer umpires this year. “Everyone here is a winner.”

Ari Hest, a folk singer, bats in the early innings on a sun-splashed Saturday.

Ari Hest, a folk singer, bats in the early innings on a sun-splashed Saturday. STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

But there is no shortage of pain for missing loved ones.

Kennedy’s father died of ALS in the late 1980s, and when his youngest brother, Jimmy, later died, he knew it was genetic. In 2016, while training for his 32nd Boston Marathon, his left leg quit on him and his worst fears were realized.

He is the first person to receive an experimental gene silencing treatment, and the results are amazing. Last April, he managed to run the Boston Marathon again in 4:08.

“People say, ‘You did what?’ ” he says.

Players warmed up for the marathon game.
Players warmed up for the marathon game.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

Now he offers hope t­o those recently diagnosed.

“I walk in and they see me looking this good and sounding this good, six years after I was diagnosed,” he says. “It’s the most encouraging thing just to see that. So much of what I’m taking didn’t exist even a couple of years ago.”

But it is not a cure.­­­­

“There are many drugs in the pipeline, so I’m cautiously optimistic,” says Dr. Bob Brown, professor of neurology at UMass Medical School, whose team has identified several ALS genes with the help of Angel Fund research grants.

“If you have an expected survivor of four years and you double it to eight years, that’s not a cure. But that’s a big difference for a young person who’s got a family.”

Chief umpire Walter Bentson got a little assist on his way to the plate.
Chief umpire Walter Bentson got a little assist on his way to the plate.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

Bentson, who wears a Pete Frates T-shirt in honor of the late Boston College ballplayer and ALS research advocate, also considers himself lucky. He was diagnosed with a less aggressive form of ALS in 1999. He called his last game in 2006. Now it takes him 45 minutes to put on his umpire gear with the help of his wife, Mary.

But as long as he can walk, with the aid of a Louisville Slugger bat converted to a cane, Bentson will get behind the plate and umpire for one batter at midnight.

This can get dicey; although Bentson has umpired 3,114 games in various amateur leagues, he is now unsteady on his feet.

“My condition slowly deteriorates,” he says. “But I deal with it.”

Bentson, 68, who has a less aggressive form of ALS, called balls and strikes for one hitter at midnight.
Bentson, 68, who has a less aggressive form of ALS, called balls and strikes for one hitter at midnight.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

Three years ago, there was a major midnight scare.

“I put my hand on the catcher and I said, ‘Please, don’t let any ball hit me, because if you do, you’ll never play another game in New England again,’ ” he said.

“The first pitch is right down the middle, the batter swings and fouls the ball straight back. The catcher instinctively stands straight up to see where the foul ball went. And I went ass over tea kettle and there was a hush over the sellout crowd of 14. It wasn’t pleasant.”

“You were fine,” says Mary. “But people were freaked out.”

This year, he holds on to nothing behind the plate.

“I suggest you throw strikes,” he tells the pitcher. ­­­­­­­

He rings up the hitter with his usual flair, and receives a standing ovation from both teams.

Zach Santomauro, wearing a Lou Gehrig jersey, bundled up when the weather got chilly.
Zach Santomauro, wearing a Lou Gehrig jersey, bundled up when the weather got chilly.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

“There was not a dry eye in the house,” says Angie Santomauro, the only woman in the lineup. “There is a little piece of Walter in everyone here.”

Santomauro’s husband, Zach, proudly wears a Gehrig No. 4 Yankee­ uniform. He has an ironman mentality. That means no shut-eye. Not even a quick nap.

“Oh man, no way,” he says. “Waking up from a power nap and still needing to keep your eyes sharp for a fastball coming at you at 2 a.m., it’s just not tenable.

“You stay awake and supplement with whatever kind of caffeine or products you need to just power through. You go through all these stages of sleep deprivation, including sadness, anger, and then you come back around when the sun comes up. But stay awake, don’t give in.”

Mike Santarpio played all 100 innings.

Mike Santarpio played all 100 innings.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

At 1:31 a.m., more than a dozen pizzas arrive. Angie Santomauro, who also manages Team Walter, shakes her head.

“Do not eat the pizza,” she says, looking up from her 23-page scorecard. “The carbs will kill you. You’ll want to nap.”

There are things here you won’t see anywhere else.

Rob Forrand, a construction worker from Halifax, threw a record 50 innings and an estimated thousand pitches.

“We’ll see tomorrow,” he says. “I’m tired. My arm feels great, the rest of me not so much. My legs, my back, they hurt. My arm never bothers me.”

He tosses 43 innings in a row, then comes back for another seven.

“I went into my car and turned the heat on because it got cold,” he says. “I just cranked the heat and laid back. I probably slept for a total of 10 minutes.”

Mila Gagne, 7, did her part for the cause as she crossed home plate with a run.

Mila Gagne, 7, did her part for the cause as she crossed home plate with a run.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

He says losing doesn’t bother him.

“It’s not about that,” he says. “It’s about raising money for guys like Ratt and Walter. ­The pain that we’re going through is nothing compared to what they go through every day.”

Two players played all 100 innings on defense.

On Team Ratt, Mike Santarpio (his grandfather’s cousin is the pizza king) played every single position and every inning on defense. They call him “Pizza,” but he’s an electrician. This is his seventh charity game.

Santarpio, 34, says his knees and hips hurt. He says baseball is never boring.

“It’s a passion,” he says. “People that think it’s boring don’t have the ­­­patience to understand the strategy of it.”

Scot Leslie, one of two players to play all 100 innings in the field, tried to stay warm in the overnight hours.

Scot Leslie, one of two players to play all 100 innings in the field, tried to stay warm in the overnight hours.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

Scot Leslie, a line painter on Team Walter, played center field without a break. Last year, he tracked down a fly ball in the 100th inning to preserve a 68-66 victory with the tying runs on base.

This year, he hunkers down under a blanket on a lounge chair when the temperature dips into the 40s, but he needs no motivation to contribute.

“It kind of breaks your heart,” he says. “So anything to do positively for them, I’m all about.”

Leslie went 14 for 19 in the game. What hurts?

“Everything.”

Was it worth it?

“Oh yeah, this is the funnest baseball game you could ever go to.”

Jonathan Gallagher, a software salesman, took a one-minute nap in the 97th inning.

Jonathan Gallagher, a software salesman, took a one-minute nap in the 97th inning. STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF

After the last out, there are slow-motion hugs and thoughts of a hot shower and a warm bed. The final score is Team Ratt 91, Team Walter 79.

“It’s events like this that make it so I’m alive today,” says Kennedy. “Thank you very much.”


Stan Grossfeld can be reached at stanley.grossfeld@globe.com.

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I’m playing 100 Innings STRAIGHT of baseball for ALS research

October 6, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, I am at it again for the 4th year this coming Columbus Day weekend with a good group of people for another go at 32-36 hours straight of playing baseball to raise money for ALS research. We watch the sun set and come up the next day for more baseball and hopefully good weather to help support research and the lives of others. As most know,I had a cousin, Patti, pass away from a battle with ALS, and through my fundraising journey and friends, I have met others who are both battling ALS and have lost loved ones. With your amazing help, I am currently up to approximately $5,000 raised this year and hope to keep it going. Please donate as little or as much as you can.

Please donate here

And feel free to come visit us at the field!

The 19th Annual 100 Innings Baseball Game will be held on October 8th – 9th at Adams Field in Quincy, MA. Batters will step up to the plate at 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 8th and will continue playing until 100 innings have been completed. This usually take about 33 hours!

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Thank you all very much,
Stephen

 

 

 

 

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