Real Estate

This is far more significant than just a purchase of real estate — it’s a bridge between the past and the future,” Timothy Wickstrom, chairman of the board of directors at UniBank, said.

A total of 680 adult learners will benefit from a combined $6.6 million in funding from the Massachusetts state government, seeking to boost training in high-demand occupations within the trades, construction, and manufacturing sectors.

Bay Staters might have the chance next year to vote on a proposed law to limit rent increases.

Worcester Business Development Corp. has added Butler GMC to its Small Business Administration 504 Loan portfolio.

Alliance’s existing facilities are located in Marlborough, Templeton, Braintree, Brockton, Foxborough, Peabody, Quincy, and Wrentham.

A former Bose Corp. campus in Stow is set to be the site of an $83.8-million private boarding academy focused on developing students into elite athletes.

The change in control was made following votes of approval last year of the boards of both the Hanover and WCC.

The two-story building was sold for $8.4 million by an entity managed by AllCare Plus Pharmacy.

Rent control legislation was sent to study last session, part of a longstanding trend in which top Democrats have eschewed such measures, including a Boston home rule petition. A 1994 ballot referendum banned rent control in Massachusetts.

Housing Preservation is a Memphis-based organization that acquires and preserves affordable housing communities originally developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.