SMITHFIELD, RI-Lenox Inc. is looking to sell its 153,000-sf facility at 270 Jenckes Hill Rd. for $5 million dollars. The broker involved tells GlobeSt.com that despite a dull market there has been a surprising amount of interest in the property, which sits on a 53-acre parcel

WALTHAM, MA-On Technology leases 23,000 sf at 880 Winter St. in the Waltham Woods Corporate Center. The transaction is a sublease deal from BMC Software, which had taken the space for anticipated expansion. BMC still leases 175,000 sf in the building.

SHREWSBURY, MA-AvalonBay Communities wants to build a 300-unit affordable housing project on a 60-acre parcel located between Routes 9 and 20. But the town, which has the first rights of refusal on the property, wants to see the site developed into commercial space.

BEDFORD, NH-The town turns down the 38-acre parcel offered for $3.9 million by the Flatley Co. The company has made it clear that if the town rejects the offer, they will move forward with plans to build a 264,000-sf shopping center on the site.

BOSTON-The Institute for Contemporary Art Boston unveils its plans for a 62,000-sf museum to be located on a three-quarter-acre parcel at the Fan Pier in South Boston's waterfront. The museum will serve as the 2.9-million sf Fan Pier project's "cultural cornerstone.

LEXINGTON, MA-TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. more than doubles the size of its lab and office space with its relocation to a 59,000-sf facility at 29 Hartwell Ave.

PLYMOUTH, MA-The Conservation Law Foundation files a petition with the state's environmental affairs office in an attempt to halt A.D. Makepeace from selling off a chunk of beachfront land. The parcel is part of an 1,800-acre site the Wareham, MA-based cranberry developer is looking to develop.

WESTBOROUGH, MA- MassDevelopment, the state's economic development agency, wants to develop a 27-acre parcel of state-owned land located between Routes 9 and 135 into a residential complex and office development.