NEW YORK CITY—Activity among not-for-profit concerns and public entities were up nearly 11% last year and raised the amount of transactions done to a new record over the last five years.

LOWELL, MA—Fast growing workforce management software firm Kronos Inc. is relocating its U.S. corporate headquarters from Chelmsford, MA to the Cross Point office complex here.

EVERTT, MA—Blaming an appeal filed by neighboring City of Somerville, Wynn Resorts has halted all hiring and construction activities on its $1.7-billion Wynn Everett casino resort here

NEW YORK CITY—While real estate executives are bullish on the future of Lower Manhattan, they also are concerned that the district is still susceptible to flooding in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, according to new research.

NEW YORK CITY—The city's real estate elite were on hand Thursday night at Chelsea Piers to see the company take home BOMA/NY's top prize—the inaugural Grand Pinnacle award.

NORTH ANDOVER, MA—MassHousing has closed on what it calls the first of its kind of transaction that expands the use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits on a rental housing complex in the nation. The deal will facilitate significant improvements to the property and lock-in affordable rents there long term.

NEW YORK CITY—The move comes on the heels of two other shifts by technology companies into the same building after an extensive renovation and repositioning.

NEW YORK CITY—Fresh food Internet grocer FreshDirect, which is building a more than $100-million facility in the South Bronx, has sold its Long Island City headquarters and manufacturing facility on Borden Ave. for $48 million in an all-cash deal.