Boston

The deal marks the Washington, DC-based REIT's second investment in Boston following its recent announcement of joining with National Real Estate Advisors and HYM Investment Group to own and develop One Congress, a 1-million-square-foot trophy office tower in Downtown Boston.

Hudson Group secured approvals from the Boston Planning & Development Agency Board of Directors last week for 150 Kneeland St., a 21-story, 230-room hotel.

Scape USA is targeting 20,000 beds nationwide and is prepared to invest $1 billion in Boston over the next five years.

The new platform— Logistics Property Company, LLC— has partnered with Macquarie Capital Real Estate Investments on the formation of the platform. LPC seeks to grow its business to more than $5 billion of properties under management over the next five years.

JP Morgan and Mack Real Estate are providing $294 million for the luxury condominium tower. Construction on the 22-story building that is being built by John Moriarty & Associates has begun.

Earlier this year, Ideanomics consolidated its New York City offices into approximately 10,300 square feet of leased space on the 19th floor of 55 Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan. The company also has offices in London, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai, China.

The acquisition of GRM China will expand Iron Mountain's presence in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Qingdao, Dalian, Chengdu and Wuhan (including more than 2.5 million cubic feet of storage).

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