Franklin

A new multitenant retail building on the busy commercial stretch of Route 140 in Franklin has sold for $5.1 million.

An applicant seeking approval for cultivation and manufacturing licenses in Franklin has bought an eight-acre site in town for $1.6 million.

An industry-wide spike in the number of applications from high school students has complicated the fine-tuned formula for figuring out which students – and how many – will ultimately enroll.

A sprawling warehouse on Forge Parkway in Franklin has sold for $20 million in the latest major transaction of an industrial facility in town.

HMEA will have a new president and CEO starting in July. Jule Gomes Noack, the agency’s president and chief operating officer, will lead the Franklin nonprofit whose mission is to provide services for people with developmental disabilities.

A Boston realty group has paid $13.3 million for a warehouse in Franklin directly next to where it bought a similar building only two weeks prior.

The MBTA board approved a $30 million contract Monday to expand double tracking on stretches of the Franklin Line, an improvement that officials say will allow for more reliable travel on a line with stops in Dedham, Norwood and Foxborough.

The owner of Franklin's Garelick Farms has filed for bankruptcy and is in advanced discussions to sell much of its assets.

The Franklin Brewing Co., the first craft brewery in the town, is planning to open in mid-December, a family-friendly passion project for a group of four cousins and one long-time family friend.

A 168,000-square-foot warehouse in Franklin has sold for nearly $18.3 million as part of a four-site purchase by a Boston realty group.