Avery Associates is a real estate appraisal and consulting company located in Acton, Massachusetts providing a wide range of real estate valuation and analysis services to private, public and institutional clients. The company was established by Jonathan Avery, MAI, CRE in October of 1979, in response to the growing need for real estate valuation and analytical services in the Western Metropolitan area of Boston.
Since its inception, Avery Associates has been involved in a variety of real estate valuation, advisory and analytical assignments. The company, under the direction of Mr. Avery, has a staff of seasoned professional and administrative employees. Avery Associates is equipped with the most modern technological and information resources to assist the professional and administrative staff.
The professional staff is fully certified in Massachusetts and includes individuals recognized and designated at the highest levels of the profession. Individuals within the firm hold designations from the Appraisal Institute, The Counselors of Real Estate and the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. An extensive and ongoing program of professional education includes in-house training, as well as participation in continuing education courses and seminars. These programs of professional advancement, together with the challenging nature of the company's assignments, result in stable professional staff with limited turnover.
The appraisal activities of Avery Associates involve a variety of properties and clients. The following is a brief summary of some of the appraisal activities engaged in by the firm:
* Valuation of bank facilities and branch network banks for National and State chartered financial institutions.
* Valuation of vacant tracts of land ranging up to 9,500 acres in size for residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial purposes.
* Valuation of more than 100 conservation restrictions affecting property throughout Massachusetts including restrictions on Cape Cod and the Islands. Clients include The Nature Conservancy, Trust For Public Land, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Forest Service, local land trusts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and private donors.
* Office building assignments include new and rehabilitated office developments in both suburban and urban markets. Assignments include a 150 acre corporate center with 1.2 million square feet.
* Retail property valuation assignments including shopping centers, restaurants and factory outlet centers.
* Valuation assignments for Fortune 500 companies involving industrial properties up to, and in excess of 1,000,000 square feet in size.
* Valuation of existing and proposed golf properties including Turner Hill, Stow Acres, Nashawtuc Country Club, Groton Country Club, Wellesley Country Club and Framingham Country Club.
* Residential property valuations ranging from single family homes to multi-family projects with hundreds of units. Assignments include Senior Housing, Assisted Living properties and affordable developments under MGL Chapter 40B.
Advisory and consultation services include a broad spectrum of involvement. Services provided are briefly summarized as follows:
* Marketability studies for retail properties, residential developments and commercial developments.
* Consultants to MassDevelopment in establishment of an ad valorem based system for collection of Municipal Service Fees at Devens, MA, the privatized former U.S. Army base. This ongoing assignment includes development of property record systems and assessed valuations for 30+ buildings containing approximately 2.5 million square feet of commercial, industrial and retail space.
* Financial feasibility analyses tailored to the specific criteria and needs of a variety of clients involved in investment and development properties.
* Litigation support and expert witness services for probate, eminent domain and environmental contamination cases.
* Instruction and training on valuation and analysis topics including appraisal, real estate applications for personal computers, market analyses and financial feasibility analyses.
The activities summarized above are indicative of the experience and professional skills available at Avery Associates. The company is equipped and experienced to provide answers to a broad range of real estate questions and advisory services in support of decision making involving real property.
Avery Associates is a real estate appraisal and consulting company located in Acton, Massachusetts providing a wide range of real estate valuation and analysis services to private, public and institutional clients. The company was established by Jonathan Avery, MAI, CRE in October of 1979, in response to the growing need for real estate valuation and analytical services in the Western Metropolitan area of Boston.
Since its inception, Avery Associates has been involved in a variety of real estate valuation, advisory and analytical assignments. The company, under the direction of Mr. Avery, has a staff of seasoned professional and administrative employees. Avery Associates is equipped with the most modern technological and information resources to assist the professional and administrative staff.
The professional staff is fully certified in Massachusetts and includes individuals recognized and designated at the highest levels of the profession. Individuals within the firm hold designations from the Appraisal Institute, The Counselors of Real Estate and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. An extensive and ongoing program of professional education includes in-house training, as well as participation in continuing education courses and seminars. These programs of professional advancement, together with the challenging nature of the company's assignments, result in stable professional staff with limited turnover.
