Martignetti consolidating Braintree, Norwood offices with new $100M HQ

Martignetti Cos., the wine and liquor distributor that received the first retail license for beverage alcohol in the Bay State after the repeal of Prohibition, is planning to invest $100 million to build a new regional headquarters.

The distributor has acquired 115 acres at the Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton and is planning a 680,000-square-foot regional headquarters on the site. The headquarters will allow Martignetti to consolidate its 450,000-square-foot facility at 175 Campanelli…

Exclusive: Downtown office building close to sale

A long vacant office building in the central business district has an interested potential buyer.

The Centre City building, a 21-story historic office building at 40 S. Main St. in Dayton, is for sale. Bart Weprin, a managing director with Sperry Van Ness in Cincinnati, is marketing the 100-year-old, 244,000-square-foot building, and said there is a serious buyer in the picture. Weprin said he has been working on a sale for the last six weeks, and the building is not yet under contract.

The building…

Amid concerns, Portland pledges to help building owners meet energy reporting standards

Susan Steward doesn’t mince words when it comes to the city of Portland’s recently passed policy that will require commercial building owners to track and report their energy usage.

“We are not thrilled this is happening,” she said.

Her sentiment is not a surprising one. Steward is, after all, executive director the Building Owners & Managers Association of Oregon, a professional organization that represents building owners who collectively own more than 43 million square feet of space.

Even…

Former Kmart in Hales Corners attracts interested developer

Outlook Development Group on Thursday will hold a getting-to-know-you meeting with Hales Corners officials to discuss interest in redeveloping a vacant Kmart property.

The Franklin developer is eying the Country Fair Shopping Center, but has not locked in plans for its potential reuse, said village administrator Mike Weber. Sears Holdings Corp. a year ago closed the former Kmart store that anchored the center at 5600 S. 108th St.

In fall 2014, Hales Corners officials considered creating a tax incremental…

Olivette design company lands $20 million federal contract

Olivette-based engineering and design company Etegra Inc. has won a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers valued at $20 million, the company announced Monday.

Under the contract, Etegra will provide architectural engineering services to support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the Army Corps’ Engineering and Construction Support Office. The contract will have a one-year base period with four one-year option periods, according to a release.

Defined as an “indefinite…