CANTON, MA-Casual Male's new owner is establishing a new strategy for the men's retail chain that it bought out of bankruptcy six months ago. Needham, MA-based Designs, Inc. plans on opening 40 new stores across the country over the next 18 months.

BOSTON-Best Buy opens up another two stores in the state, at 401 Park Dr. in Landmark Center and at 1201 Broadway in Square One Mall in Saugus. The Minneapolis-based electronics retailer now has 18 stores in the state.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Cambridge Energy Research Associates leases 54,033 sf at 55 Cambridge Pkwy. The company, an independent energy research and advisory firm, is relocating from another Cambridge location.

SOUTH KINGSTON, RI-State Street Global Advisors' real estate investment unit, the Tuckerman Group, closes on an equity investment in GrandeVille at the Commons Apartments, a 134-unit multifamily development. The project is being developed in a partnership with LeCesse Development Corp.

BOSTON-New Boston Fund Inc. is developing a real estate fund to target properties from Boston and Washington DC to Chicago. The $350-million fund is the firm's sixth since it was established in 1993.

BOSTON-Beating out two other companies, Highland Marine Limited Partnership is chosen by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to redevelop a 150,000-sf facility located in the Boston Marine Industrial Park on South Boston's waterfront.

DANVERS, MA-Galyan's Trading Company enters the New England region with the opening of an 80,000-sf store at 96 Commonwealth Ave. right next to the Liberty Tree Mall. The Plainfield, IN-based company sells sports and outdoor equipment.

DANVERS, MA-Galyan's Trading Company enters the New England region with the opening of an 80,000-sf store at 96 Commonwealth Ave. right next to the Liberty Tree Mall. The Plainfield, IN-based company sells sports and outdoor equipment.