Retail

The Block, a 7,590-square-foot retail building in Littleton was sold on Oct. 13 for $730,000.

Boston developer Bulfinch Cos. has pulled the plug on plans to repurpose the former Neiman Marcus department store at the Natick Mall as lab space and is instead working with a fitness club owner to put a pickleball club in the shopping center.

Root & Press, a cafe and bookshop near Tatnuck Square in Worcester, will close its current location and move to Shrewsbury Street.

An affiliate of Michigan retail real estate investment firm, Agree Realty Corp. purchased the location of a BJ’s Wholesale Club at 26 Whittier St. in Framingham for $28 million.

A retail property at 395 Park Ave. in Worcester sold for $1.2 million to the owners of a neighboring restaurant property.

After closing its Main Street location in March, local food purveyor Maker to Main reopened in a larger Canal District space on Harding Street at the former location of Harding Glass.

A trio of community-minded tech workers are connecting Downtown Fitchburg to a new internet service and looking beyond.

The owners of Chuck’s Steak House, a Route 20 staple in Auburn since 1978, is looking to sell the restaurant property and relocate the business to a more modern and efficient space.

Marlborough bulk retailer BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings has named Anjana Harve as executive vice president, chief information officer.

With more than $1 million in annual sales, The Blessing Barn Home Store and Sharing Center and its sister locations in Mendon and Boston support the nonprofit Compassion New England.