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Company Description
New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership (NEN) is a real estate company in the Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings industry within the broader Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector. The partnership is engaged in the business of acquiring, developing, holding for investment, operating and selling real estate. According to available information, it owns and operates residential apartments, condominium units and commercial properties, and it generates revenue primarily from rental income recognized over the term of related leases.
The partnership’s long-term goals, as described in its profile, are to manage, rent and improve its properties and to acquire additional properties with income and capital appreciation potential as suitable opportunities arise. This reflects a focus on income-producing real estate and on properties that may also offer appreciation over time.
Business model and property portfolio
New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership states that it owns and operates various residential apartments, condominium units and commercial properties located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Rental income from these residential and commercial properties is recognized over the term of the related lease, which is a typical approach for lessors of residential buildings and dwellings. The partnership’s activities include acquiring properties, developing them, holding them for investment, operating them and, when appropriate, selling real estate.
The partnership is organized as a limited partnership. Its Class A Limited Partnership Units are listed on the NYSE American under the trading symbol NEN, as disclosed in its SEC filings. Depositary Receipts representing beneficial ownership interests in Class A Units are also listed on NYSE American under the same symbol, and each Depositary Receipt represents a beneficial ownership of one-thirtieth of a Class A Partnership Unit, according to multiple press releases.
Geographic focus and recent acquisition activity
Based on SEC filings, New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership is organized in Massachusetts and has its principal location in Allston, Massachusetts. The partnership’s property portfolio includes assets in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and recent filings highlight activity in Belmont, Massachusetts.
In an 8-K and subsequent 8-K/A amendments, the partnership reports that on April 15, 2025 it entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement to cause its wholly owned subsidiaries to purchase a multifamily and commercial real property together with two non-contiguous commercial properties located in Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The acquired property, referred to as the Hill Estates Properties and related commercial properties, consists of 396 residential units within twenty-eight buildings, a two-story maintenance and administrative building, a two-story office building with basement, and a two-story mixed-use building with two ground floor retail units and five residential apartment units, along with parking spaces and other improvements. Two additional non-contiguous commercial office properties in Belmont were also included.
The total purchase price for this transaction was stated as $175,000,000, with an allocated purchase price of $172,000,000 for the Hill Estates Properties and $3,000,000 for the two non-contiguous commercial properties in Belmont, Massachusetts. The acquisition was completed on June 18, 2025 through wholly owned subsidiaries of the partnership.
Financing and capital structure elements
To finance the Hill Estates acquisition, a wholly owned subsidiary of New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership, Hill Estates NERA, LLC, entered into an Interim Loan Agreement with KeyBank National Association. The loan principal amount was $67,500,000, secured by a mortgage on the acquired property, with the partnership acting as limited guarantor. The partnership also disclosed that it borrowed an additional $40,000,000 on its Master Credit Facility, and that the balance of the purchase price was funded through cash proceeds generated from the sale of its investment in U.S. Treasury bills. These details, described in Form 8-K and 8-K/A filings, illustrate how the partnership uses a combination of debt financing and internal cash resources to fund property acquisitions.
In addition, the partnership’s filings include unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements giving effect to the Hill Estates acquisition and related financing transactions. Footnotes in an 8-K/A amendment describe the impact of the acquisition on pro forma taxable income and pro forma cash available from operations, indicating that the partnership evaluates the acquisition’s effect on its taxable income and cash flows.
Income generation and distributions
New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership generates revenue from rental income from its residential and commercial properties. An audited statement of revenues and certain expenses for the Hill Estates properties, included as an exhibit to an 8-K/A, shows rental income and categories of expenses such as administrative costs, management fees, operating expenses, renting expenses, repairs and maintenance, and taxes and insurance. This presentation is prepared to comply with SEC rules and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the purchased property’s revenues and expenses, but it provides insight into how a specific property contributes to revenue and certain expenses.
Press releases issued by the partnership describe regular quarterly distributions to Class A Limited Partners and holders of Depositary Receipts. These distributions are paid on specified dates to holders of record as of stated record dates. The releases also note that Depositary Receipts are listed on NYSE American under the symbol NEN and that each Depositary Receipt represents a beneficial ownership of one-thirtieth of a Class A Partnership Unit. In some periods, the partnership has also announced special one-time distributions in addition to its regular quarterly distributions, as reflected in press releases describing first-quarter distributions in certain years.
Regulatory reporting and structure
New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership files reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including current reports on Form 8-K and amendments on Form 8-K/A. These filings cover matters such as completion of acquisitions, entry into material definitive agreements, creation of direct financial obligations, and related financial statement information. The filings identify the partnership’s jurisdiction of organization as Massachusetts and confirm that its Class A Limited Partnership Units trade on NYSE American under the symbol NEN.
The partnership’s SEC filings also include information about its use of wholly owned subsidiaries, such as Hill Estates NERA, LLC and Brighton 26 & Concord 90 NERA, LLC, to hold specific properties. This structure is typical for real estate entities that own and operate individual properties or portfolios through separate legal entities.
Position within the real estate sector
Within the real estate and rental and leasing sector, New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership is categorized as a lessor of residential buildings and dwellings. Its activities, as described in available sources, focus on owning and operating residential apartments, condominium units and commercial properties, primarily in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and on acquiring additional income-producing properties when suitable opportunities arise. The partnership emphasizes long-term investment, property management and rental operations, and it uses both debt financing and internal funds to support acquisitions.