Franklin

Dean College has named Bill Ingram as the new dean of its Sanders School of Business and Patsy Collins Bandes as the first dean of the School of the Arts.

Farmington Manor Apartments in Marlborough was sold to a limited liability corporation registered to Bechara Fren.

An affiliate of Natick developer Franchi Management Co. of Natick sold two industrial properties in Franklin to global investment firm Investcorp for $37.5 million.

Affiliates of Florida-based real-estate investment firm Westbrook Partners purchased a portfolio of industrial properties from Boston real estate firm Marcus Partners for $167 million, including four Central Massachusetts properties in Sutton and Franklin.

Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.

MassDevelopment has expanded its Property Assessed Clean Energy Massachusetts program, once available only to existing buildings, to include new construction projects.

The first half of 2023 was a difficult one for home buyers and for real estate agents as single-family home sales cratered and home prices plateaued high above pre-COVID levels.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has purchased railroad track in Milford, Hopedale, and Bellingham beyond where its Franklin/Foxboro Line ends at the Forge Park/495 station.

The next phase in the craft alcohol movement has arrived in Central Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council rates the state’s various communities as BioReady based on their ability to host biotechnology facilities.