Today, the telecommunications firm and the city announced a mew $10-year, $600-million deal that will expand its local wireless network, bring Fios Internet and TV to the city's remaining neighborhoods not covered in the original franchise agreement, and collaborate with Boston on Smart Communities solutions.

The next phase before a shovel goes into the ground will be to secure federal funding for phase two.

The agency gave the go-ahead for the Related Beal project that calls for the redevelopment of seven parcels in the Fenway neighborhood known as 533-541 Commonwealth Ave. and 650-660 Beacon St.

The entity— GLP Continental Europe Development Partners I— is expected to reach a value of $2.3 billion of assets under management when fully invested.

Completed in 2010, Tempe Metro features studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment units with nine-foot or 17-foot vaulted ceilings.

In its announcement, the company revealed that Newmark Group chief operating officer James R. Ficarro resigned from the company, effective Nov. 14.

PECO's merger with REIT II creates a national portfolio with ownership interests in 334 grocery-anchored shopping centers encompassing approximately 37.7 million square feet located across 32 states.

The October employment report represented the 99th consecutive month where monthly private sector job numbers in Connecticut exceeded the numbers in the same month in the previous year.