HAVERHILL, MA-Skyworks Solutions, Inc. closes its facility as part of a company-wide consolidation effort. The Woburn, MA-based firm plans on transferring some of its operations there and the rest to its facility in Mexico.

WEYMOUTH, MA-In "one of the most significant actions" of the rebuilding process, the South Shore Tri-Town Redevelopment Authority looks for a master developer to enter into a public/private partnership to upgrade the 1,440-acre former Naval Air Station.

BOSTON-The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority starts looking for developers to build on three parcels right near the highway behind Fenway Park. The three parcels total just over six acres but are in a prime real estate area and the air rights let a developer build over the highway.

ASHLAND, MA-The town's planning board wants to rezone three parcels totaling 134 acres to allow a housing development but residents are concerned about the impact of additional housing on the town.

BOSTON-The Seattle-based law firm makes its first foray onto the East Coast and is looking to expand its work in a number of areas, including representation of institutional investors.

NORTHBOROUGH, MA-The Gutierrez Co. gets ready to move forward with its plans to develop part of its 562-acre campus. The company insists that the rising vacancy rates in the area will not impact the 2.3-million-sf project, which will be built over the next 10 years.

WALTHAM, MA- The 338-acre site of the former Metropolitan State Hospital will finally be divided among this town, Belmont and Lexington. The process has taken nearly a decade and the years have taken their toll on the hospital buildings.

STOW, MA-The town plans to restrict housing in areas in the overlay district to senior housing. A new bylaw enables the town not to fall behind on its affordable housing and so keep its seniors from leaving the area.