SHARON, MA-The local conservation commission sponsors a plan to seize a 347-acre parcel here, known as Rattlesnake Hill, by eminent domain. The town had attempted to purchase the site last year but the proposal was defeated at the polls.

MARLBOROUGH, MA-Metro Park Corp proposes building a 500,000-sf retail project on a 41-acre parcel here. New England Development had proposed developing a mall on this site last year but it was not approved.

BOSTON-In a joint venture, Samuels & Associates and Edens & Avant sign a letter of intent to acquire approximately 40 of 60 shopping centers owned by Konover & Associates, Inc. The Farmington, Connecticut-based company has six shopping centers in the state.

MEDWAY, MA-Sithe Energies decides not to develop a power generating station on part of a 95-acre parcel it owns here. A spokesperson for the firm says the plan has not been cancelled, only suspended.

WEYMOUTH, MA- Scotts LawnService, a division of Scotts Co., acquires The Lawn Company, marking the Ohio-based company's expansion into the Greater Boston area. The Lawn Company has three locations in the state--here and in South Dennis and in Sagamore Beach.

WEYMOUTH, MA- Scotts LawnService, a division of Scotts Co., acquires The Lawn Company, marking the Ohio-based company's expansion into the Greater Boston area. The Lawn Company has three locations in the state--here and in South Dennis and in Sagamore Beach.

BOSTON-Massachusetts Port Authority's board votes to acquire most of a 22-acre parcel of coastal property here. The agency will purchase the site, which will function as a port and warehouse facility, from Brownfields Redevelopment Corp.

PALMER, MA-A local businessman tells GlobeSt.com that he is being paid $40,000 a year to hold 160 acres of his land to be used as a site for a casino if the legislature approves casino gambling in the state.