BOSTON-Ernst & Young renews its lease for 146,496 sf at 200 Clarendon St. The 62-story office tower is part of the John Hancock Complex and is located in the heart of the city's Back Bay.

BOSTON-AEW Capital Management LP closes AEW Value Investors LP, a value-added real estate fund with a total of $342.5 million in equity commitments. The fund, which is expected to be the first in a series, exceeded its target capitalization.

FALL RIVER, MA-Quaker Fabric Corp. decides to lease, rather than buy, the 600,000-sf industrial facility at 81 Commerce Dr. The building is situated on nearly 34 acres in the north end of the city and would have sold for $21 million.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Altus Pharmaceuticals leases 16,000 sf at 195 Albany St. in a sublease deal with Transkaryotic Therapies. The building was formerly the headquarters location for Transkaryotic, but Altus plans to redevelop the space for manufacturing use.

BOSTON-CRIC Capital, a locally based joint venture between Corporate Realty Investment Co. and Prudential Real Estate Investors, enters into an $18 million sale-leaseback transaction with GasMart USA, for five properties.

WORCESTER, MA-Berkeley Investments' is the winning bid for the Worcester Common Fashion Outlets. The firm plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use project that would include residential condominiums, retail space, medical offices and senior housing.

BEVERLY, MA-A $5-million loan was arranged for Enon Street Realty Trust for the Stop & Shop store on Enon Street. Enon also purchased a parcel of adjacent land which will allow Stop & Shop to expand its store.

MARLBOROUGH, MA-New England Development and SR Weiner and Co. sell the Shops at the Pond Shopping Center for $26.5 million. Kimco Realty Trust acquired the fully tenanted, 103,000-sf mall, which was built last year.