Real Estate

Land takings that would serve to benefit only private development would be restricted in Massachusetts under a proposed change to the state constitution advanced Wednesday with no debate.

A Natick office building located within the town's business park has sold for $3.9 million.

Emuge Corp. of West Boylston donated more than $100,000 in manufacturing equipment to Quinsigamond Community College, to help QCC expand and update its Manufacturing Technology Center.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor received a $185,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) more intelligent and reliable, even when they experience mechanical problems or encounter unexpected situations.

Skyscope, a Worcester startup focused on video production, was acquired by a Newburyport public relations firm Tuesday and will remain operating in the city with all its employees.

On the same day that the governors of California and New York signed laws to ramp up the minimum wage in those states to $15 an hour, Gov. Charlie Baker said he was in no rush to follow the leads of his Democratic counterparts.

The 100-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton will officially open Friday, boosting Worcester's hotel room count while providing another re-use of land in the Gateway Park area of the city.

The Quest Diagnostics clinical laboratory in Marlborough has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The historic Bull Mansion at 55 Pearl St. in Worcester has been purchased for $480,000 with the owners planning to open a restaurant in the location close to downtown.

The building at 2-4 Mercer Road in Natick has been sold for $3.9 million and will house a new urgent care center following renovations.