CAMBRIDGE, MA-Art Technology Group Inc. settles three of its excess real estate obligations. The locally-based software developer will pay $9.7 million to fully settle $38.2 million of future lease obligations.

RANDOLPH, MA-MassHousing, the state's affordable housing bank, provides a $9 million loan commitment to the 160-unit Simon C. Fireman Community.

BOSTON-Hanscomb Faithful & Gould relocates its area office from Cambridge to 55 Summer St., a 10-story building in the heart of the city's retail and financial districts. The construction management consulting company wanted a more central location.

BOSTON-The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's controversial sale of its 91-acre parcel in Allston will have to wait until the state's environmental office decides whether the deal requires a review.

BEDFORD, MA-Mettler Toledo/Thornton leases 41,472 sf of research and development space at 36 Middlesex Turnpike. The company, which develops scientific instruments, is redeveloping the building to suit its needs.

CHELMSFORD, MA-Zoll Medical Corp. is moving its corporate headquarters from Burlington to Quorum Office Park at 269 and 271 Mill Rd. where it is leasing 160,000 sf. The deal is a long-term sublease from Tellabs.

WORCESTER, MA-Consolidated Freightways puts its distribution facility located at 340 Franklin St. up for sale to the highest bidder. The company filed for bankruptcy protection this past September and is in the process of selling off its 220 properties located throughout the country.

BOSTON-Two trucking companies put two one-acre parcels in the city's South Boston neighborhood up for sale. The properties are located near the new Convention Center and close to the redeveloped Seaport district and South Boston's residential neighborhood.