Real Estate

With momentum continuing and “Greater Boston at a remarkable turning point in its economic development,” analysts from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) said they saw strong commercial leasing activity in the second quarter in Boston and core submarkets, including the Interstate 495 and MetroWest regions.

Skanska USA Building, a division of Stockholm-based Skanska AB, has signed a contract with the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) to build a new maintenance and operations facility on Quinsigamond Avenue on Worcester.

Worcester Crossing, the Route 146 retail plaza that opened in 2012 and is anchored by Walmart and Sam's Club, has sold for $49 million, according to a statement from the buyer.

A Boston-based real estate investment firm has purchased a Marlborough office building for $9.1 million.

A company specializing in home furnishings for real estate staging purposes will occupy the building at 321 Central St. in Hudson following a $2.1-million sale on June 18, according to Wayland-based R.W. Holmes Realty.

A Peabody-based professional consulting firm plans to open an office in downtown Worcester in September.

Two MetroWest companies have signed leases to relocate into a combined 12,550 square feet of space in Hudson's Kane Industrial park.

Single-family home sales dropped for the fourth consecutive month, according to data released today by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) and The Warren Group.

A group of New Jersey-based real estate investors have purchased a FedEx freight facility in Northborough for $16.78 million.

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