MILFORD, MA-While parts of Massachusetts see rising vacancy rates in retail and industrial properties, the 200,000-sf shopping center on Quarry Drive in Milford is almost entirely leased.

WEST GREENWICH, RI-A Seattle-based Pharma company is working on a deal that would bring a $500-million lab facility and plant to house the firm's bioreactors.

BOSTON, MA-Can commercial real estate sales next year match the record-setting pace set in 2001? With supply down and prices higher than buyers seem willing to pay, it's doubtful the market can sustain the current level of activity next year.

BOSTON-Would-be purchasers of the Red Sox have until tomorrow to submit their bids. Key to any deal is the fate of Fenway, which insiders see as a financial albatross.