Perkins Farm Marketplace is a 203,000-sf community shoppingcenter located on nearly 20 acres just north of the MassachusettsTurnpike on Route 122 in central Massachusetts. Among its anchortenants are Super Stop & Shop, Building #19 and AJ Wright.Other tenants include KB Toy Store, Fashion Bug, Payless ShoeSource, Dots, H&R Block and Radio Shack. This center wasoriginally built in 1965 and was renovated in the late 1990s.

"Perkins Farm is a superb center in a very strong retailmarket," says Maher, an executive director with Cushman. Mahernotes that the retail market is expected to continue to be "astrong performer."

According to Marcus & Millichap's 2003 annual retail report,Boston has moved up three places to the number four spot on thenational retail index. The report indicates that the area's healthyretail market has spurred rent growth with the average asking rentincreasing by nearly 4% in 2002 to $19 per sf and further gains inthe first half of 2003.