Real Estate

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation has released small-business loans totaling $109,500 to three local businesses, the organization announced last week.

Appreciating rental prices drove Worcester to the third best market in the Northeast in which to own rental property, according to the quarterly Rental Ranking Report by All Property Management.

With at least five states -- Massachusetts possibly among them -- expected to vote on proposals to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for recreational use next year, activists said the failure of a legalization ballot question in Ohio will have "no bearing" on the outcome on future legalization efforts.

Power grid and wind energy equipment manufacturer AMSC of Devens said Tuesday that revenue was up in its second quarter on the back of additional wind contracts and a $3.7 million government contract modification.

The 81,000-square-foot industrial building at 428 Main St., Hudson, sold Monday for $4 million, according to Greater Boston Commercial Properties, which represented the seller.

The office space at 929 Worcester Road in Framingham has sold for $1.1 million, according to New Dover Associates Real Estate.

The City of Gardner has received $3.2 million in grants from MassWorks that will open up 10 acres of commercial property that is “ripe for development” and improve the city's downtown.

A home heating oil spill has proved costly for Wells Fargo Bank.

A local entrepreneur has posthumously left $29 million to five Worcester-area organizations, according to a statement from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, one of the recipients.

Oyo Sportstoys, an Acton toy manufacturer that plans to move to Marlborough and expand, received unanimous approval of a 10-year tax increment financing (TIF) application from the Marlborough City Council Finance Committee on Monday night.