DOWNTOWN BOSTON—Unit W12A at the Mandarin Oriental set a per-square-foot sales price record for Boston. The 3,222-square-foot 2-BR, 2.5-BA sold for $3,880 a foot and $12,500,000 total. If anyone has any interior photos of the record-smasher, please send to the always-discreet Curbed Boston Tipline. [Boston.com]
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NEWTON/NEEDHAM—Seems to have worked for Boston's Innovation District: "[T]he Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce, local governments, and other business leaders with a stake in the riverside industrial corridor hope to jump-start tech growth there by imposing the 'Charles River Mill District' moniker from above. In doing so, they're running an intriguing experiment: How much new-economy bang can you get simply through better branding?" [Globe]