BALTIMORE—Strong office space demand in Baltimore County has prompted development firm St. John Properties, Inc. to commence construction on three additional speculative office buildings at the Baltimore Crossroads in White Marsh.

NEW YORK CITY—The company has provided a sizeable loan for the recapitalization of the office portion of the iconic Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway.

BOSTON—The city is seeing boom in job growth, low vacancies and an expanding population. GlobeSt.com is now bringing you all the latest analysis, deals, trends and forecasts—everything you need to know—in our new Boston daily dedicated edition.

BOSTON—Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday that he is putting the planned $1-billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on “pause.”

BOSTON—Equity Residential has sold the 50 Staniford Street medical office building on the Massachusetts General Hospital campus here for $123.3 million.

NEW YORK CITY—The Building Owner and Managers Association of Greater New York handed out its 2015 BOMA/NY Pinnacle Awards last night to individuals in eight building categories as well as to the organization's Outstanding Local Member and Manager of the Year.

BALTIMORE—PNC Financial Services Group predicts Greater Baltimore's employment growth rate will be below the national average and that the region's unemployment rate will be higher than the U.S. jobless rate.

CHEVY CHASE, MD—Dan Tangherlini, who recently left his post as administrator of the General Services Administration, has been named chief operating officer of Chevy Chase, MD-based real estate investment and management firm Artemis Real Estate Partners.