BOSTON-The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is planning to develop a garden on four acres Downtown but is still unclear how the $70 million project will be funded. The land will be cleared by the Big Dig.

BOSTON-A new Fenway Park is struggling to be born as the team has difficulties finding financing for the project. The team says it is committed to remaining in Fenway, but cost overruns are prompting some local groups to call for a look at alternative sites.

SOMERVILLE, MA-Emphasizing the plan's lack of mixed-use development, Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay rejects Ikea's proposal for development at Assembly Square. The Swedish furniture company says it will resubmit another proposal.

EVERETT, MA-Gateway Center, a 609,141-sf shopping center here, is open for business. The center, developed by Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty, is the company's second foray into the Massachusetts area.

QUINCY, MA-Massachusetts Heavy Industries has until mid-January to come up with a financial plan that will allow them to resume revitalization of the shipyard here. The company was evicted ten months ago after it defaulted on a loan.

NATICK, MA-In a move that local officials hope will spur additional high-tech development here, the old Wonderbread plant is being converted into an Internet hotel. The 280,000-sf building will host the routers and switchers vital to the World Wide Web.

HUDSON, MA-Intel Corporation plans to do its first major construction work on its manufacturing plant here. The world's largest chip maker plans to build an addition to its chip-making facility as well as invest in manufacturing equipment.

BOSTON-Opposition to the proposed 47-story tower at South Station here has increased as a local preservationist group throws itself into the controversy by contending that the building will destroy the historic station.