NATICK, MA-Vision-Sciences renews its lease for 20,000 sf of space at 9 Strathmore Rd. The company, a developer and manufacturer of flexible endoscopic products, occupies the entire building.

BOSTON- The 55-year-old firm, which specializes in transactional law and litigation, is relocating from 100 Summer St. to the top two floors of the 31-story building. The firm signed a lease for 35,700 sf of office space.

BOSTON-Over a year after it received city approval, Fenway Ventures LLC is finally able to move forward with its 580-unit residential/retail project in the Fenway.

BOSTON-Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP leases 36,500 sf on the 32nd and part of the 33rd floor of the Prudential Tower, a 52-story building situated within the Prudential Center complex at 800 Boylston St.

WILMINGTON, MA-In one of the largest leasing deals in the northern suburbs this year, Vestcom New England leases 49,500 sf at 5 Cornell Place. The company is relocating its regional facility from 12 Gill St. in Woburn.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-The Cambridge City Council has agreed to rezone properties owned by Harvard University to allow it to develop student housing and in exchange Harvard will build approximately 34 units of affordable housing for city residents.

BOSTON-Legislation to allow casino-style gambling in the state is pulled from the senate even before the bill came to a vote. The measure was supposed to be part of an economic stimulus package.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Perini Building Co., Inc. has been selected to convert 45,000 sf of leased office space at 300 Third St. in into research laboratories for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., a locally based biotech company.