BALTIMORE—The Maryland Aviation Administration has awarded Philadelphia-based Hill International a six-year construction management contract for various projects at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martin State Airport.

NEW YORK CITY—Headquartered in Long Island City, Queens, where it operates two film and television production studios, the company has revealed plans to open a new studio complex in the Bronx next year.

BOSTON—The Boston capital markets team of Colliers International reports it recently closed $50.7 million in financing for commercial properties in Somerville, Carver, Peabody and Woburn, MA from three separate sources including a bank, CMBS lender and insurance company.

STAMFORD, CT—Building and Land Technology has increased its holdings here, acquiring the former Pitney Bowes corporate headquarters for nearly $39 million.

WASHINGTON, DC—Mayor Muriel Bowser attended the Girard Street Senior Apartments groundbreaking ceremony.

NEW YORK CITY—The economic surge of the Queens neighborhoods is prompting residential tenants to seek more affordable housing in areas such as Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Rego Park, and Flushing.

BOSTON—The Boston Housing Authority has issued a Request for Proposals to redevelop the Armory Street elderly/disabled public housing project here.

LYNN, MA—North Shore Medical Center and Partners HealthCare announced a revised restructuring plan that now involves the closure of the 126-bed North Shore Medical Center Union Hospital here in the next three years.