Kavanagh Advisory Group Names Avison Young Leasing Agent for Innovation Square at Northern Ave

BOSTON - June 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Rick Kimball, (http://www.avisonyoung.com/rick-kimball) Avison Young Principal and Managing Director of the company’s New England region, announced today that Kavanagh Advisory Group, LLC has retained Avison Young to represent them on their exciting new build-to-suit development project located in the hottest submarket in the country, the Seaport District. Innovation Square at Northern Ave is a 179,808 square foot parcel able to accommodate up to 360,000 square feet of Lab/Office, R&D, Bio-Pharma and Manufacturing requirements. This opportunity for life science users is one-of-a-kind due to its ability to provide up to 103,000 square foot floor plates. Principals Karyn McFarland and Kevin Malloy will lead the brokerage team for Avison Young.

“We are extremely pleased to be part of the ever-changing landscape in the Seaport District and have the opportunity to bring Innovation Square at Northern Ave to the market at a time when well-located, premier life science space with large floor plates and high ceilings is getting more difficult to come by”, said McFarland.

The site is located directly on the Silver Line with excellent access to the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel, I-93 and water-taxi access to Logan International Airport. It is surrounded by the numerous amenities, including restaurants, hotels, World Trade Center, Bank of America Pavilion and the Contemporary Art Museum.

"This site is one of the largest available in Boston's new Innovation District, and offers the owner a unique, build-to-suit opportunity, tailored to their needs.  With close access to the airport and the downtown Financial District, it is a competitive option for life sciences and research facilities.", said John Kavanagh.

Kavanagh Advisory Group, designated by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, is a Development Management/Consulting firm which focuses primarily on large scale, complex projects from conception to the completion.  The team they have assembled for Innovation Square is comprised of professionals with the knowledge and expertise attained through years of designing, permitting, constructing and managing new research facilities.

Founded in 1978, Avison Young is Canada’s largest independently-owned commercial real estate services company. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Avison Young is also the largest Canadian-owned, principal-managed commercial real estate brokerage firm in North America. Comprising more than 1,200 real estate professionals in 48 offices across Canada and the U.S., the full-service commercial real estate company provides value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial and multi-residential properties.

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