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Grand Circle Travel/Overseas Adventure Travel was named one of “Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®.” The National Association for Business Resources surveyed nominated businesses across the Greater Boston region to select companies which have distinguished themselves with the most innovative and thoughtful approaches to human resources and employee enrichment. Organizations are assessed based onRead more

Grand Circle Cruise Lines has been named the #2 Small-ship Ocean Cruise Line in the world in the 2018 World’s Best Awards from Travel + Leisure magazine. Each year, Travel + Leisure asks it readers to rate cruise ship experiences based on cabins, facilities, food, service, itineraries, destinations, excursions, and value. For the small-ship oceanRead more

Sara Amiro Jones, Manager, Legal Affairs, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Jim O’Brien Leadership Award. Since 2015, this award has recognized an employee who willingly shares with his or her colleagues to help them grow and develop, and challenges team members to take one more step than they thought they could. AccordingRead more

Over 30 Kensington Investment Company associates and family members participated in our 3rd Annual Rebuild Day at All Dorchester Sports & Leadership (ADSL) on April 28.  In keeping with National Volunteer week and Grand Circle’s 24th annual Rebuilding Day, KIC joined hundreds of volunteers in Boston and thousands of volunteers in service projects across theRead more

The Kensington has been rated the #1 property nationwide in the annual “Elite 1% List,” the pinnacle of the J Turner ORA™ Power Ranking. The eco-conscious apartment community in downtown Boston has now held the top spot since 2015. In a dinner at the Boston restaurant Moo on February 5, Joseph Turner, founder of J.Read more

Boston Business Journal (BBJ) has named Grand Circle one of the Top Corporate Charitable Contributors in Massachusetts for 2017. Grand Circle ranked in the Top 20 of 94 companies honored at the journal’s 12th Annual Corporate Citizenship Summit at Fenway Park on September 7. “This year’s Corporate Charitable Contributors list is the largest the Boston Business Journal hasRead more

Noel J. Heeran, Vice President of Real Estate Operations, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Jim O’Brien Leadership Award. Since 2015, this award has recognized an employee who willingly shares with his or her colleagues to help them grow and develop, and challenges team members to take one more step than they thoughtRead more

Kensington Investment Company Roxbury (KIC Roxbury LLC) has filed a Letter of Intent with the Boston Planning & Development Agency to initiate the approval process for 45 Townsend Street, a residential community on a former hospital site in Roxbury. The proposed development will include up to 322 market rate rental apartments from studios to threeRead more

Joining thousands of volunteers in service projects across the country for National Volunteer Week, Kensington Investment Company (KIC) associates gathered at Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester on April 29 for KIC Rebuild Day. In partnership with Bigger Than My Block (a Lewis Family Foundation initiative), KIC associates transformed the high school’s former mediaRead more

Japanese retailer MUJI and shared workspace company Regus have now opened in 361 Newbury Street. The two new tenants culminate KIC’s $10 million repositioning of the property with Lee Kennedy and LaFreniere Architects. MUJI is a unique entity in Boston: the first “brandless” boutique from the Japanese lifestyle retailer in New England.  Embracing a no-labelRead more