Real Estate

Gov. Maura Healey is angling to attract federal dollars to Massachusetts for microelectronics and other tech advancements, despite the House appearing to not share her urgency.

A Framingham shopping plaza along Route 9 was sold for $15.7 million as part of a four-property, $70-million portfolio sale by The Necessity Retail REIT.

Boston coworking space company Workbar, LLC will open its first MetroWest location in Framingham in July. This...

Pulte Homes of New England of Westborough has proposed a 300-unit condominium community, called Emerald Run, off Route 20 in Shrewsbury.

MassDevelopment and Bay State Savings Bank of Worcester combined to provide $3.1 million in construction financing for the developers of Mission on Summer, a seven-unit redevelopment of the historic Mission Chapel on Summer Street in Worcester.

Boston developer Synergy Investments, which owns The Glass Tower at 446 Main Street has purchased two more Worcester office buildings, including another high rise, at One and Two Chestnut Place for $10.5 million.

Worcester developer GoVenture Capital Group, LLC, has requested an $11.3-million tax break over 15 years for its planned 364-unit apartment complex on Franklin St. in Worcester.

After a couple of high-profile violations of the City of Worcester’s policies on diversity hiring and contracting on public projects, the city government is considering instituting stricter enforcement for developers not meeting those goals.

Needham developer Washington Square Ventures plans to tear down one building in Framingham and convert another as part of a 340-apartment development next to its Bancroft Lofts complex.

As it begins to take a more active role in providing housing opportunities in the city, the Worcester Housing Authority is planning to build an Economic Opportunity Center filled with services for residents near its Great Brook Valley development.