Accomplishments
Craig Barker founded Boston Real Estate Advisors in 2002 and Coastline Real Estate Advisors in 2021. He has over thirty-six years of commercial real estate experience. Boston Real Estate Advisors and Coastline Real Estate Advisors provide a full range of brokerage and advisory services nationwide to a diversified client base, which includes corporations, REITs, individuals, partnerships, developers and institutional investment funds.
Below is a partial list of clients and real estate deals that Craig has successfully represented.
Institutional
Northwestern National Life
PaineWebber
Phoenix Home Life
UBS Asset Management
UNUM Life Insurance
Corporations
Charles River Realty
General Motors
Nissan Motor Company
Procter & Gamble
WS Development
REITs
Alexandria Real Estate
Federal Realty Investment
Glenborough Realty Trust
W.P. Carey & Co.
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Represented a private investor in the $10.7 million acquisition of property located in Panama City, Florida occupied by Daybreak Market & Fuel.
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Represented Charles River Realty in the $28 million acquisition of a 24 acre site in Norwood, Massachusetts.
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Represented Village Automotive Group in the sale of the business and real estate of Cadillac of Norwood for $21.5 million.
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Represented Colonial Automotive Group in the disposition of a former Nissan Dealership site in Framingham, Massachusetts for $9.2 million
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Procured W.P. Carey & Co., an international investment firm, in the sale/leaseback of a 280,000 square foot facility in Rochester, New York.
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Represented Glenborough Realty Trust in a $50.2 million acquisition of a multi-state, multi-property real estate portfolio totaling 515,000 square feet.
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Represented General Motors Corporation in the acquisition of four properties totaling $20 million in value.
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Represented Northwestern National Life Insurance in the lease up then disposition of their Boston real estate portfolio consisting of three office buildings totaling 165,000 square feet.
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Represented UNUM Life in the disposition of four properties in the Boston area.
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Represented a New Mexico based, private investor, BGK Properties, in the acquisition of five multi-state properties totaling 600,000 square feet and $29 million in value.
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Represented Distribution Services of America in corporate downsizing by leasing up then selling a 176,000 square foot facility in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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Represented UBS Asset Management in the lease up then disposition of five buildings totaling 260,000 square feet of space.
