85 Massasoit St, Apt 3L, Fall River, MA 02723

Rent is $2,975 a month for the first-floor commercial bay at 44 Dean Street, Unit 101, in Taunton's Dean Street corridor. Water and sewer stay on the landlord. You open electricity, heat, and hot water with Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant at 508-824-6976 (outages 508-824-3111), plus cable and internet. Mini-split heat and cooling ride that TMLP bill, so you skip a gas account. There is no broker fee and no application fee.

The live listing sets move-in at $5,950: $2,975 for the first month and $2,975 security. Last month is not collected on that figure. Fortified charges no application fee. Open a TMLP electric account before you occupy — heat, cooling, and hot water are on that meter at this Dean Street commercial bay. Put any furniture you want to keep in the assignment so it is not hauled out with the current operator.

You take over the current commercial lease through June 2028. You can talk about stretching that term now, or you can wait and renegotiate when it ends. This is a commercial assignment, not a residential month-to-month tenancy under M.G.L. c.186. Use, remaining fixtures, and any wall work are worked out with the current leaseholder and the owner through Fortified Realty Group.

Commercial only. Unit 101 is not a dwelling and is not rented as housing. The building has two units: this first-floor bay and a separate apartment upstairs off the Dean Street stair. Fortified Realty Group lists and leases the bay; the property is owner-managed. The townhouses at Dean's Crossing are a different deal — they are not part of the $2,975 rent.

Daycare is the current use. The City of Taunton already signed off on the rooms, the mop sink, and the fenced crushed-rubber yard. The outgoing operator is dropping this location. Close the opened walls and the same floor can hold counseling, therapy, bookkeeping, or a small law practice. Bring your use and any city permit questions to the tour so Fortified can check what the assignment allows at $2,975.

The rear lot opens into a two-story-high main room. Off it: a conference room with glass doors, a kitchen, a center room, a Dean Street-facing room, two front corners that can split back into two offices, and a rear-corner office with three windows. A half bath sits off the center. Square footage is not on the facts sheet — measure the rooms on the tour instead of reading size off the video.

The first floor is. A ramp from the rear lot hits the main client door. The half bath has a toilet, sink, grab bar, and a vent. The Dean Street front door opens into the street-side room and the stair to the upstairs apartment; the ramp is the client path on the tour. Check turning space and any extra ADA work your use needs when you walk Unit 101 with the current leaseholder.

Yes. Multiple parking spaces come with the bay. Clients turn off Dean Street (Route 44) into the side and rear lot — that is the tour entrance. Stall count and any sharing with the Dean's Crossing townhouses are confirmed at the showing. Route 44 carries through-traffic toward downtown and Route 24, so the lot matters more than curb parking on Dean Street.

The landlord pays water and sewer. You open electricity, heat, and hot water with Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, the city plant, at 508-824-6976 (outages 508-824-3111). Taunton electric is TMLP — not National Grid and not Eversource. Cable and internet are on you; TMLP also sells internet here. Those bills sit on top of the new $2,975 rent. This listing does not put gas on the tenant.

Heat and cooling are heat-pump mini-splits on your TMLP electric account (508-824-6976). No gas boiler and no window AC are listed. Winter heat and summer cooling share that one electric meter. Count the indoor heads on the tour so you know what you are taking with the June 2028 lease at 44 Dean Street, Unit 101.

Cabinets, a faucet, and a mop sink stay — the mop sink is the daycare fixture the city required. The refrigerator does not stay. Other furniture may leave with the current operator; keepers are a negotiation on the assignment. Do not assume tables, toys, or appliances convey. Walk the kitchen at the showing and write down what remains before you pay the $5,950 move-in.

Yes. A fenced yard sits off the main door, built for daycare on crushed rubber. Keep a daycare and that yard is already there. Run another use and the same pad can be staff or client outdoor space — say so at the tour so the owner can confirm it fits the lot rules. The yard faces the parking lot, not the Dean Street sidewalk.

Fortified Realty Group LLC, a licensed Massachusetts real estate brokerage, lists and leases Unit 101 at 44 Dean Street. The property is owner-managed. Fortified covers Taunton plus Fall River, New Bedford, and the wider South Coast. Call (508) 671-7228 for this Dean Street commercial bay — phone only; this listing carries no email address. The current leaseholder meets you on site.

After the assignment is signed, call Fortified Realty Group at (508) 671-7228 so the ticket is logged for this two-unit Dean Street building. For a power outage, call Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant at 508-824-3111, then Fortified. For a dead mini-split, a leak, or an electrical fault inside Unit 101, use the Fortified line first so the job is on the record with the owner-managed property.

Lead paint status for 44 Dean Street, Unit 101, is de-leaded. M.G.L. c.111 §197 and the Massachusetts Lead Law still require the state notification at signing even on a de-leaded commercial bay. Call Fortified at (508) 671-7228 for the current packet before you assume the lease through June 2028, especially if children will use the daycare rooms.

44 Dean Street sits on Route 44 in Taunton's Dean Street corridor. Taunton Green is about a half mile west; Morton Hospital at 88 Washington Street is about seven-tenths of a mile west. Route 24 and I-495 sit east toward Raynham. East Taunton station at 1141 County Street on the South Coast Rail Fall River/New Bedford Line is about 2.3 miles southeast — opened March 24, 2025, where the Fall River and New Bedford branches meet.

From 44 Dean Street, 99 Restaurant at 158 Dean Street covers pub plates about seven-tenths of a mile east at Route 44 and Route 104, Union Straw at 16 Trescott Street covers downtown dinner about a half mile west, and Walgreens at 175 Dean Street fills prescriptions about seven-tenths of a mile east. Morton Hospital at 88 Washington Street is about seven-tenths of a mile west. East Taunton station at 1141 County Street on the Fall River/New Bedford Line is about 2.3 miles southeast.

Book a tour of Unit 101 on the Fortified listing page at fortifiedrealty.net/rent/44-dean-st-101-taunton/ — the calendar lists open slots. The current leaseholder meets you to walk the rooms and talk through the June 2028 assignment. Questions about use, parking, or the new $2,975 rent and $5,950 move-in first? Call Fortified Realty at (508) 671-7228.