NATICK, MA-Chicago-based General Growth Properties considers expanding the Natick Mall into the former Wonder Bread facility on Speen Street. The 268,000-sf building was redeveloped as a telecom hotel but now stands vacant.

HALIFAX, MA-Stop & Shop tries again to develop a store on a 12-acre parcel on Plymouth Street. While the town has several small convenience stores, it has no large supermarket. The new plan calls for a 63,000-sf facility.

BOSTON-Dock Square Garage, a six-story, 698-space parking structure located in the heart of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, secures $35 million in financing. The property also includes 15,641 sf of retail space.

BOSTON-Dock Square Garage, a six-story, 698-space parking structure located in the heart of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, secures $35 million in financing. The property also includes 15,641 sf of retail space.

BOSTON-Edward A. Fish Associates and the Asian Community Development Corp. begins construction on the Metropolitan, a 251-unit project that is being developed through a public/private partnership on a 43,860 sf parcel in Chinatown.

WEYMOUTH, MA-The state's secretary of environmental affairs, Robert Durand, green lights the plan for the first phase in the redevelopment of the 1,450-acre former Naval Air Station. The plan involves 300,000 sf of office space and 300 senior-housing units.

BOSTON-Edward A. Fish Associates and the Asian Community Development Corp. begins construction on the Metropolitan, a 251-unit project that is being developed through a public/private partnership on a 43,860 sf parcel in Chinatown.

BOSTON- BlackRock enters the area by leasing 8,669 sf at One Boston Place, an 802,205-sf, 41-story building in the heart of the city's financial district. The investment management firms is subleasing the space from Cambridge Strategic Management Group.