Every week in the Thursday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate leases. These are the leases published for September 2026. The listings are updated weekly.
“Our expansion into Massachusetts has created significant opportunities, and this investment positions us to continue building on that momentum,” said CORE’s president.
The new hires bring increased brokerage activity in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and are expected to grow CORE’s property management and acquisitions platforms.
A Hallowell investment group bought an industrial building in Clinton and leased it to a utility company that had been seeking an operations center for its northern territory.
The local investment group performed a substantial build-out to attract Brock Corp., with with 15,000 employees worldwide, to Maine and specifically to the property.
“The trend really became popular in Japan. You go in, hang out, have a beer or coffee and listen to vinyl,” said one partner in the venture, called Bad Neighbors.
“Our plan is to preserve what makes the building so iconic while expanding the ways the community can use it — from private events to wellness classes, concerts, comedy nights and nonprofit fundraisers,” the buyer said.