Cabot, Cabot & Forbes
About
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes is a Boston real estate development firm founded in 1897 that describes itself as New England’s longest-running development firm. Over its history it has developed more than 100 million square feet of commercial space across the United States, including shopping centers, hotels and residential communities. Today the firm focuses on transit-oriented development and buildings for Boston’s innovation workers, from office and R&D space to multifamily housing.
The company began when two members of Boston’s Cabot family and F. Murray Forbes, Sr. set out to manage the families’ real estate holdings. It went on to plan and build downtown Boston landmarks including One Boston Place and several major State Street office buildings, and it pioneered suburban office parks along Route 128. Current projects include The Basin, a lakeside residential community in Wakefield, and a redevelopment of the historic St. Gabriel’s Monastery in Brighton.
What to Know
- Since 2010 the firm has acquired, permitted or built more than 3.4 million square feet and 2,700 units in Greater Boston.
- It received a 2026 Sustainable Communities Redevelopment Project Award from the Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast.
- Past corporate clients include IBM, AMD, Raytheon BBN Technologies and Eisai Pharmaceuticals.
- Its work has extended to Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Baltimore.
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