The Team
The Owners/Developers
About Commonwealth Ventures, LLC
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Commonwealth Ventures, LLC identifies, develops, and manages commercial real estate projects in New England. Its current projects include GTECH Center, a 210,000 SF office retail complex in downtown Providence, RI; Gateway Center, a 115,000 SF building in downtown Providence fully occupied by Fidelity Investments; and the Brewery Lofts at 251 Heath Street in Boston, an adaptive reuse and expansion of the former American Brewing Company brewery into 79 residential units. Richard Galvin, president & founder, has over 20 years’ experience acquiring, developing and managing commercial real estate in the United States in his former role as a Trammell Crow Company partner in its Boston office.
About GE Asset Management
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GE Asset Management Incorporated ("GEAM") is the exclusive real estate advisor to the General Electric Pension Trust, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the General Electric Company. GEAM is a global asset manager with $156 billion in assets under management, $8 billion of which is invested equity in real estate assets (as of 6/30/08). The firm and its predecessor organizations have been managing investments for GE’s U.S. employee pension and benefits plans for 80 years.
In 1988, GEAM began offering investment management products and services to investors outside GE, and today counts corporate and public pan sponsors, foundations, endowments, healthcare organizations, Taft-Hartley plans, insurance companies, and individual investors around the world as clients. Investment offerings cover all major asset classes, including U.S. and international equities, fixed income and alternative assets. GE Investment Distributors, Inc. Member FINRA & SIPC, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE Asset Management Incorporated.
Real Estate Services
About CB Richard Ellis
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CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2007 revenue). CB Richard Ellis is the only commercial real estate services company named one of the 50 “best in class” companies by BusinessWeek, and was also named one of the 100 fastest growing companies by Fortune.
CB Richard Ellis’s New England practice has offices in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire. The firm serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers by offering strategic advice and execution for: property leasing and sales, property, facilities and project management, corporate services, debt and equity financing, investment management, valuation and appraisal, research and investment strategy, and consulting.
Please visit our Web site at www.cbre-ne.com.