LEXINGTON, MA-A $20.5-million development and acquisition loan is nailed down for Lexington Technology Park, the 95.6-acre Raytheon headquarters that was recently sold to Patriot Partners, a joint venture.

BOSTON-The state's Supreme Judicial Court will decide a case concerning payments developers give to towns and cities to get the rezoning they need for their projects. The outcome has implications for all projects built in the state that require rezoning.

WILMINGTON, MA-Compass Flooring Solutions leases 21,125 sf of warehouse and distribution space at 80 Industrial Way in a deal that further demonstrates the relative health of the industrial market in the suburbs.

SOMERVILLE, MA-The Mystic View Task Force, a local group that opposes big-box stores in the 145-acre Assembly Square, files an intent to appeal the city's approval of a mixed-use development on IKEA's 16.6-acre parcel there.

BOSTON-Design Link International opens a showroom on the penthouse and seventh floor of 145 Tremont St. The furniture company is leasing 6,109 sf of office and retail space in the 36,899-sf building.

BOSTON-The Ted Williams Tunnel is finally open for business. The $6.5-billion tunnel, which connects Route 90 to Logan International Airport, is considered a significant part of the Big Dig--the $14.5-billion highway project going on in the heart of the city.

BOSTON-Piper Rudnick opens a local office with 33 attorneys, 17 of whom are from the former Hill & Barlow firm, which dissolved in early December. The firm, one of the country's leading in real estate, plans to expand the size of its practice here.

SOMERVILLE, MA-A Superior Court judge rules that the city's planning board should have required a special permit site plan review for the 173,000-sf Home Depot proposed for Assembly Square Mall.