WOBURN, MA-GMAC Realty appoints Joe Capriotti as president/CEO of its Central New England division. He will oversee 57 offices throughout the area.

SHREWSBURY, MA-Suffolk Advisors scores a deal in a joint venture with CrossHarbor Capital. The 400,000-sf 334 South St. property changes hands for $18 million.

QUINCY, MA-Health insurance giant Blue Cross takes 59,000 sf at Newport Office Park. The lease deal increases Blue Cross' office leasing to well over two million sf in the state.

WALTHAM, MA-Reed Elsevier, owner of Nexis-Lexis, leases 90,000 sf at 225 Wyman St. The publisher is set to relocate from Newton in 2005.

HOLDEN, MA-GVA Thompson negotiates a sublease for Precise Technology in Holden Industrial Park. The lease nearly doubles the firm's commitment to industrial/office space in the Worcester area.

CONCORD, MA-Spear Street Capital selects Trammell Crow to lease and manage 300 Baker Ave. The contract for the 400,000-sf complex is one of the largest in the Boston suburbs this year.

BOSTON-Boston Properties' joint venture with New England Development and the Related Cos. calls off plans to acquire Fan Pier. The partners will forfeit a $2.5-million deposit made to the Hyatt Corp.

TAUNTON, MA-CB Richard Ellis acquires 300,000 sf of warehouse property here in Miles Standish Park. The property was sold by CrossHarbor Capital of Boston for nearly $19.8 million.