Lesley University’s Ten-Property Cambridge Connection Offering

A university portfolio offered in Cambridge

Boston City Properties reported Lesley University’s offering of ten Cambridge properties under the Cambridge Connection name. Cushman & Wakefield was identified as the marketing firm for the historical offering.

The account described more than 85,000 square feet across administrative, residential and other buildings. Properties could be considered individually, in smaller groups or as a whole portfolio; those were the reported offering arrangements, not today’s sale terms.

The ten addresses in the account

The addresses are useful for distinguishing the portfolio’s component properties. Their earlier uses and reported areas should be checked against the exact property records before relying on them.

• 1627 Massachusetts Avenue — described as an 1862 administrative building of about 6,821 square feet.
• 7 Mellen Street — an 1883 building reported at about 6,220 square feet.
• 9 Mellen Street — an 1885 building reported at about 5,606 square feet.
• 11 Mellen Street — an 1836 building reported at about 4,545 square feet.
• 13 Mellen Street — an 1859 building reported at about 5,086 square feet.
• 17 Mellen Street — an 1858 former boarding house reported at about 3,358 square feet.
• 19 Mellen Street — an 1858 two-unit building reported at about 2,721 square feet.
• 21 Mellen Street — an 1858 three-unit building reported at about 5,293 square feet.
• 6 Sacramento Street — an 1880 dormitory building reported at about 15,696 square feet.
• 815 Somerville Avenue — a 1973 office building reported at about 29,284 square feet, with 17 covered parking spaces.

University improvements behind the sale discussion

The article connected the offering with funding university capital improvements, including work associated with the former Episcopal Divinity School campus acquired in 2018. Reed Hall, St. John’s Chapel and the Brattle and Mason streets setting appeared in that context.

Those university plans were separate from any buyer’s proposed reuse of the ten offered properties. Ownership, occupancy, condition and allowable work must be established for the individual address.

Questions for a portfolio or individual-property inquiry

A comparison should distinguish buildings being purchased together from those considered individually, and examine uses, leases, maintenance and access. Earlier descriptions of an as-is offering or lease status are not present contract terms.

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