North County

While condo prices remain cheaper than single-family dwellings in most Central Massachusetts communities, rising condo prices can keep first-time homebuyers on the sidelines.

More retail stores are on the horizon, and their success will depend on being able to find enough shops to carve out a niche in an industry always increasingly dominated by Amazon and other giants.

We ended up getting half right and half wrong.

AMSC announced $11 million in orders last week. The orders, from D-Var Statcom system which serves the renewable energy sector in the U.S. and Australia, are expected to provide voltage regulation by responding to varying load conditions while connecting wind power plants to the electric grid, the company said.

State Rep. Jennifer Benson (D-Lunenburg) will resign to become president of the Alliance for Business Leadership.

A new study says there's potential for more than 18,000 extra housing units along the three commuter rail lines serving Central Massachusetts, with most in MetroWest.

Clinton gets $1.5-million for downtown streetscape improvements, according to Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Michael Kennealy.

CoStar Group reports Marlborough and Fitchburg saw vacancies rise in the third quarter while rents dipped.

A real estate investment firm with ties to The Botanist has bought for $5 million a Sterling building where the cannabis operator has grown its product.

In Framingham, the influx of Brazilians has been particularly crucial to the revival of a former mill town going through hard times.