Real Estate

Citing a “disruptive and prolonged winter,” the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said sales of existing homes fell to their lowest level in a year and a half in January.

Precision Dermatology Inc. is moving its headquarters from Cumberland, R.I., to Franklin.

MassEcon, the state's private-sector economic development partner, unveiled 81 new sites that have been deemed ready to accommodate business tenants interested in locating in the Bay State.

While Realtors' confidence in home prices continued to improve in January, confidence in the market declined, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) said Wednesday.

A project designed to increase Internet access for businesses and other organizations across Central and Western regions of the state is complete, according to the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech).

Construction has begun at a new shopping center on Route 12 in Webster, according to the New England Real Estate Journal (NEREJ).

Once upon a time, if you wanted to make things in North Central Massachusetts, you built your mill on a river, or dug a canal, and took advantage of a natural power source. Today, some local manufacturers still do something similar, using hydropower, solar or wind power on site, but, for the most part, plants have to buy their electricity off the grid.

This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary. In each print edition, we will highlight...

A 9,750-square-foot Hopkinton property has changed hands for what brokerage firm Greater Boston Commercial Properties described as an “unprecedented value.” Sold at $131 per square foot for a total of $1.28 million, the industrial property at 71 South St. is two-thirds two-story office space with the remaining area being industrial drive-through bays. “The value here is truly in the 3.82 acres of industrial land located less than a mile from Exit 21B off (Interstate) 495, and which can be utilized in (a) manner that is very difficult to find so close to 495 or the Mass Turnpike,” said Greater Boston Commercial Properties Senior Associate Benjamin Gatti, who procured the buyer.

Three Westborough apartment buildings, known collectively as the Fountainhead Apartments, were sold for $83.75 million, according to records held by the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.