Boston

Waltham, MA-based Saracen Properties purchased the 172,813-square-foot office building in partnership with investment firm Cadre, which is headquartered in New York City.

The deal brings 225 Franklin St., a 33-story, 943,605-square-foot office building to nearly 90% occupancy.

The GE BioPharma business is currently part of GE Life Sciences, which is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Google has signed a 15-year 362,000-square-foot lease at the ground-up redevelopment of Boston Properties' 325 Main St. office building in Kendall Square.

The REIT has acquired more than $1 billion of properties since its IPO in January 2018.

The agreement also calls for GE to reimburse MassDevelopment $87 million, which include the purchase the two brick buildings and land as well as construction and other financing costs.

The Hampshire Companies and Harrison Street say they plan to announce several additional self-storage development projects in the coming months in the aforementioned Boston to Washington, DC corridor

Following the Chicago-based firm's purchase of 50 Post Office Square in December 2015 for a reported price of more than $290 million, the firm's capital improvements at the property have paid dividends.