BOSTON—Boston Private Bank is providing a construction loan for the project of $34 million and also provided a permanent loan of approximately $3 million for the retail component of Treadmark.

BURLINGTON, MA—The company, which is the life science business of Darmstadt, Germany-based Merck KGaA, commenced construction on its new 280,000-square-foot complex at 400 Wheeler Road earlier this week.

NEW YORK CITY—While JLL reports that building tours were still robust in the second quarter of this year, leasing activity recorded in Manhattan year-to-date was down 16.8% as compared to the halfway point of 2015.

BOSTON—The 36-unit luxury condominium project along Rose Kennedy Greenway was approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority on April 16, 2015.

NEW YORK CITY—The media firm has nearly doubled its space at a building in the East 50s—separate from its nearby headquarters—while its landlord there also has inked a renewal with another media firm at a 42nd street property.

BOSTON—The seven-building complex is currently 98.5% occupied and consists of 48% office, 36% laboratory, 16% retail or other space.

NEW YORK CITY—The FIRE (financial, insurance and real estate) sector accounted for 51% of the total square footage leased in the second quarter in Manhattan, according to a new report.

BOSTON—Senior Housing Properties Trust acquired the two life science buildings totaling 1.65 million square feet in May 2014 for $1.125 billion from the Fallon Co.