The office towers at 100 and 120 Front Street have been sold for $32.5 million to Franklin Realty Partners of Wellesley in a move city officials are calling a major economic development.
Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday morning outlined plans to use underutilized state properties for open space, economic development and housing purposes, touting his plans as a way to generate new tax revenues.
Pending home sales were up 36 percent in the state compared with September 2014, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) said Wednesday, continuing a trend of increases in pending home sales for all but one of the last 31 months.
One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.