Real Estate

Armed with $3.9 million in local and state incentives for real estate expansion, The Potpourri Group Inc. (PGI), a multi-channel catalog company, has kicked off a 450,000-square foot expansion project in Littleton, where it will relocate its call center and consolidate shipping operations.

The Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) on Tuesday said single-family homes put under agreement in May were up 35 percent from the same time last year. It was the 26th time in 27 months of year-over-year increases.

The Shops at the Pond, a strip mall adjacent to Solomon Pond Mall, has been sold to a real estate developer that continues to expand its New England presence.

Real Deals highlights recent commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts. This week's deal: The former Evergreen Solar building in Devens.

DANI Instruments Group, which makes gas chromatography equipment, has completed a reverse merger with Spectra Analysis Instruments (SAI) of Marlborough, according to O'Brien Commercial Properties Inc. of Concord.

Greater Boston Commercial Properties of Marlborough announced three lease deals in offices on Route 9 in Framingham, totaling nearly 14,000 square feet.

The owners of the former Evergreen Solar site in Devens have sold the fully-leased property for $36 million after initially purchasing the property for $8.3 million.

Foreclosure petitions in Massachusetts were 29.4 percent higher in April 2015 compared with April 2014, the smallest increase in more than a year, according to a report Tuesday from The Warren Group.

A three-story office building at 25 Harvard St. in Worcester, known as the Otis E. Putnam House, has been sold.

Home sales in Massachusetts fell about 7 percent in April, according to two widely watched reports that cited a lack of homes available for sale during the first full month of spring.