Real Estate

When the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester's Lincoln Square was shuttered in 2010 after the former owner defaulted on debt payments, it left a void.

Waltham-based Vantage Builders Inc. announced Thursday the completion of 84,000 square feet of renovations in Southborough.

Pending single-family home sales rose for the 12th consecutive month in February, according to the state's Realtors' group.

A global firm specializing in water, hygiene and energy technologies has signed a lease for 4,000 square feet of warehouse space in Shirley.

A Franklin laboratory that provides analytic testing and consulting services for clients in several industries will be moving operations to Milford this month after it signed a lease for space in a building once occupied by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

The Worcester Business Development Corp. said two companies establishing operations in Central Massachusetts have taken out nearly $1.8 million in loans from the agency.

Marlborough's Forest Park development got a boost this week, with the announcement that an application has been filed with the city to build a Hilton Garden Inn hotel on the mixed-use site.

A Marlborough-based real estate development firm has purchased a large office building for $21.57 million.

The building housing a BJ's Wholesale Club store in Framingham has been sold for $26.5 million.

The Higgins Armory Museum was officially placed on the market Monday, more than two months after the historic knightly armor museum in Worcester closed its doors.