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Announcing the R.W. Holmes 2017 SIOR Scholarship Winner

RW Holmes SIOR Scholarship Award 2017 web

Garry Holmes, President of R.W. Holmes; Jim Cozza, Assistant VP of Kelleher & Sadowsky; and Tim Brodigan, President of the SIOR New England Chapter at Braeburn CC in Newton.

The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors’ (SIOR) New England Chapter held its annual Scholarship Night at the Braeburn Country Club in Newton, awarding academic grants to ambitious and promising commercial real estate professionals.

The 2017 Robert W. Holmes SIOR Scholarship was awarded to James P. Cozza, Asisstant Vice President of Kelleher & Sadowsky. Cozza is affiliated with Boston College Alumni Association, Supplies for Success, Worcester Young Businessmen’s Association, Blackstone National Golf Club & Worcester Chamber of Commerce.

The scholarship was named after its founder and long standing SIOR member, Robert W. Holmes. The scholarship is awarded annually to the SIOR candidate “best exemplifying a commitment to the SIOR organization and has a consistent record of stellar professionalism as an office/industrial broker in the Greater Boston market.” The event was attended by Del Markward, SIOR National President.

Noteworthy Transactions

Albemarle Gardens, a 112-unit multifamily community in Newton, MA, sold for $29,550,000

Mattress Firm expands in Massachusetts with a 142,000 SF lease in Franklin

Boston Dynamics and SnapDragon Chemistry take 75,000 SF of lab/R&D space in Waltham Research Park 214,356 square feet making Waltham Research Park 100% leased

R.W. Holmes represents MathWorks in the $16.7M, 107,000 SF acquisition of Cochituate Place, Natick

R.W. Holmes takes 55% leased 130,000 SF Class A Office building to 95% leased at 55 Old Bedford Rd in Lincoln for owner Real Capital Solutions, Denver

R.W. Holmes fully leases a 67,000-square-foot new spec industrial building at 50 Ryan Drive, Raynham, before completion

R.W. Holmes represents The MathWorks in Los Angeles, Maryland, and Michigan expansions

Sold 2 & 3 Apple Hill, Natick for Met Life $50,000,000

R.W. Holmes Realty represents Coca-Cola in securing a new 90,000 SF building in Westborough

Sold 403 acres of land for Alstores Realty Corporation to Paramount Development (subsidiary Perini Corp.) which was developed as the Raynham Woods Commerce Center