Framingham

Is your business part of the region's creative economy? You may be surprised by the answer. MetroWest and the Interstate 495 corridor were recently named part of the Massachusetts Creative Economy Network, which was launched earlier this month to help cities and towns across the state foster opportunities to enhance the creative industry, which includes art and architecture, among other businesses. The hope, according to Helena Fruscio, the state's creative economy industry director, is that member regions will help their businesses and organizations find ways to collaborate and enrich the creative industry, which will ultimately provide a boost to the broader economy.

Profits for Framingham-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco were down in the fourth quarter and for 2013 overall, according to an earnings statement released Thursday.

Framingham-based Global Technology Systems released a universal, two-way radio charging case intended to help emergency responders in the field.

Waltham-based Walden Behavioral Care, a treatment center specializing in eating disorders, will press on with plans to build a new treatment center at the former Marist Retreat Center on Pleasant Street in Framingham under its nonprofit education arm, the Walden Center for Education and Research Inc. The Walden Center said in a statement it obtained Dover Amendment protection from Framingham Building Commissioner Michael Tusino, which, under Massachusetts General Laws, grants use for educational purposes in any local zoning district, subject to a limited site plan review by the local planning board.

Staples plans to close up to 225 stores in North America by the end of 2015, the Framingham-based office supply retailer announced Thursday.

Framingham-based Cumberland Farms said it has agreed to sell 27 stores in the mid-Atlantic region to Petroleum Marketing Group (PMG) of Woodbridge, Va.

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

rEVO Biologics of Framingham will begin late-stage trials of a drug intended to prevent and treat hemophilia A and B bleeding episodes in patients who have developed resistance to other treatments methods.

Framingham-based Parsons Commercial Group Inc. said it brokered two new leases at 40 Nagog Park in Acton.The...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) announced two grants to support life sciences capital projects at area schools, with the larger sum, $3 million, awarded to Framingham State University (FSU) for major lab renovation projects.