GREATER BOSTON-A softening economy has not affected the multifamily market here. A number of recent deals demonstrate the strength of the market and low supply, high demand and high housing costs indicate that the market will continue to remain strong.

WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE-Emmes Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emmes & Company, LLC, a real estate investment and asset management firm, sells a housing development located 30 miles from Boston to Eric Nickerson for $3.5 million.

PAXTON, MA-As part of the governor's campaign to protect 200,000 acres of open space from development by the year 2010, the state has purchased 530 acres of watershed land here and in Holden for $5.2 million.

NEWTON, MA-Stephen Karp, chairman of New England Development Inc., is reportedly eyeing a parcel here on Route 9 for development. The locally based mall king's project would include a retail development, office space and a 200-room hotel.

GREATER BOSTON-A softening economy has not affected the multifamily market here. A number of recent deals demonstrate the strength of the market and low supply, high demand and high housing costs indicate that the market will continue to remain strong.

BOSTON-An independent estimate of the Big Dig confirms that its costs will be $100 million more than was previously estimated, leaving the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority scrambling to come up with the extra funds.

WALTHAM, MA-CyberCFO opens an office here at 3 University Office Park Dr. Officials with the company, an outsourced financial services firm, chose this area because of its high-tech focus and talent pool.

IPSWICH, MA - A lawsuit filed by five local residents is all that is preventing New England Biolabs from starting construction on its new corporate headquarters here. The biotech company purchased the 133-acre site here two years ago.