The Economic Opportunity and Development Division of the Community Development Department maintains a listing of Cambridge’s ground floor vacant storefronts. This listing is not intended as a comprehensive source for ground floor vacancies in Cambridge. The data is sourced from Costar (an online real estate database), Cambridge Assessing Property Database, and staff commercial district inventory collection. To learn more, please visit this interactive map on the topic, viewable at the following URL: https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=8eb311a7bf3c48fcb10527eda76deddc
This dataset has the following 13 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial District | commercial_district | text | A business oriented area of the City | Porter Square/North Massachusetts Ave East Cambridge Central Square Harvard Square Inman Square view top 100 |
| Address | address | text | Street address of vacant storefront | 1000 Cambridge Street 1001-1003 Massachusetts Avenue 1033 Massachusetts Avenue 1034-1036 Cambridge Street 1073 Massachusetts Avenue view top 100 |
| City | city | text | Always Cambridge | Cambridge view top 100 |
| State | state | text | Always Massachusetts | Massachusetts view top 100 |
| Zip Code | zip_code | text | Local zip code | 02138 02139 02141 02140 02142 view top 100 |
| Square Footage | square_footage | text | Floor area of vacant storefront. Figures approximate. | 1502 1,805-6,129 5100 788 1,000-4,207 view top 100 |
| Length of Vacancy | length_of_vacancy | text | Length of time that the storefront has been vacant. | 2-5 years 5 years or more 6-10 months 1-2 years view top 100 |
| Ownership Type | ownership_structure | text | Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Trust, University, Individual or other | Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Trust University Individual view top 100 |
| Former Tenant/Current Business | former_tenant | text | Only shown if known | New Space Unknown Coldwell Banker Kirkland Cleaners Zoe Acai Bar and Juicery view top 100 |
| Leasing Activity | leasing_activity | text | Current status of lease | Actively leasing Unknown Leased pending occupancy Under redevelopment For Sale view top 100 |
| Recorded Owner | leasing_company_and_contact | text | Owner of record for property | MIT 424-456 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE LLC, C/O MIT INVESTMENT MGMT CO, ONE BROADWAY. 9TH FL, SUITE 200, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 LESLEY COLLEGE, 29 EVERETT STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 1030 CAMBRIDGE STREET, LLC, 2 WORCESTER ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 1685 Mass Ave LLC, 626 Main St. Acton MA 01720 1925 Mass Ave LLC c/o Eric Hoagland, 195 Lexington Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 view top 100 |
| Leasing Contact | leasing_contact | text | Leasing agent for property if known. | Unknown Graffito SP, leasing@graffito.com Graffito, 617-401-2871, leasing@graffito.com Graffito SP, leasing@graffito.com, 617-401-2871 Roy Papalia, (617) 306-7797 view top 100 |
| Coordinates for Mapping | geocoded_column | point | Latitude and longitude for mapping store location | {"coordinates":[-71.1186167,42.3873028],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-71.08658309,42.37197795],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-71.0777491,42.3680692],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-71.08071761,42.37123145],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-71.1247522,42.3922044],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |