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These are Green Buildings, so come on down! (This is the entrance to LEED EB Gold “One Boston Place” at 201 Washington St, Boston)…you may have noticed a few marquee properties “going green” in Boston. Well, it’s the right thing … Continue reading →

It was another busy week for Lee Partners. We scheduled and participated in a second New Hampshire tour of “flex” manufacturing and office space for a defense contractor currently located in Southern New Hampshire with a second office in South … Continue reading →

Check this out: this office has space for only 60-70% of the firm’s employees. Fast Company Exist – their channel devoted to tech innovation – recently reported on an office of the future. Plantronics is based in europe and their … Continue reading →

A Tour this week with an organization looking to re-locate from the Suburban market into Cambridge included a visit to two buildings being redeveloped by Equity Office in Cambridge. Both 125 and 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA are going … Continue reading →

I was invited to the New England Regional Smart Growth Conference last week – hosted by the Lincoln Institute at the Federal Reserve of Boston. I follow the Institute because I’ve always been a land planning geek. Your twitterers can … Continue reading →

I have been thinking a lot about the future of offices – the greenest office is the office that doesn’t exist. Plenty of space is out there to work in – many independent professionals are working out of their homes … Continue reading →

This past Friday, Lee Partners was in hot pursuit of a new logistics center for PSS World Medical, a supplier of end-user products to medical professionals. They have dozens of distribution centers across the country. In Wareham, MA, they have … Continue reading →

I attended the upstart-media BisNow “Boston Real Estate Summit” on 9/27, with about 400 other real estate professionals in Boston. At the Hyatt Regency – in what once was the heart of the “Combat Zone” along Washington St in downtown … Continue reading →

Although the positive ROI of many sustainability initiatives is proven and the continuing proliferation of sustainability work is the proof, many firms continue to balk at embracing sustainability and lag their industry-leading peer. Opportunities to improve operations by lowering costs, … Continue reading →

A huge new partnership will drive green building & energy efficiency practices into the commercial office space market. Jones Lang Lasalle, and Johnson Controls are partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council and others to make a big push to … Continue reading →