BOSTON-Roseland Associates' mixed use project along the East Boston waterfront, which city leaders and local residents hope will revitalize the area, got its approval from the state's environmental office. The project involves 585 residential units.

BOSTON-The legislature's government-regulations committee holds a hearing to debate whether or not the state should expand its definition of gambling. Legislative bills have been filed on the issue and at stake is Indian tribes' right to develop large-scale casinos in the state.

BOSTON-The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will enter the New England region by flying its flag on CWB Boylston's hotel, which is part of its mixed-use project in the Prudential Center. The project will also feature 105 residential units and 53,000-sf of retail space.

WESTBOROUGH, MA-Boston-based General Investment & Development Co., an affiliate of Windsor Realty Fund IV, acquires the 375,000-sf Westborough Office Park from the Archon Group for $49.6 million. The park is a 153-acre office campus consisting of four buildings.

PLYMOUTH, MA-The Cordage, located on Court St. in North Plymouth, has been put up for sale by Cordage Development LLC. The site currently has 903,626 sf in eight existing buildings and is zoned for light industrial, commercial, residential and marine-related uses.

SALEM, NH-Babies R' Us gets a $2.8 million first mortgage for its 38,791-sf store at 477 South Broadway. The property is located on the city's main retail artery and serves the southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts markets.

BOSTON-In a move that the city anticipates will save it money on rent, it purchases 1010 Massachusetts Ave., a 190,000-sf building that city and state agencies have been occupying for the past 15 years. The city paid Mount Vernon Co. $31.5 million for the building.

BOSTON-Martin Oliner of New York-based LDA Acquisitions LLC, submits a proposal to the Boston Redevelopment Authority to build a 527,000-sf R&D project on a 5.6 acre parcel in the Charlestown Navy Yard. It will involve two buildings, one nearly twice the size of the other.