HAVERHILL, MA- GFI Partners gets a green light from the city to build a 172-unit condominium complex on the former Bradford College campus. The firm purchased the 73-acre campus out of bankruptcy for $10 million.

STONEHAM, MA-Everest Partners purchases a three-story, 50,648-sf building at 91 Montvale Ave. from New Boston Fund for $6.4 million. The building is 90% leased to medical and office users and is located near Interstate 93.

CHELMSFORD, MA-Goodrich Corp. signs a seven-and-a-half-year lease for 131,252 sf at 5 Omni Way. The deal, which represents the entire two-story office and research and development building, is one of the area's largest this year.

WEYMOUTH, MA-Bates Investment Trust sells the Weymouth Office Park at 541-555 Columbian St. in South Weymouth to F. P. Giglio Enterprises, a real estate investment company, for $1.6 million.

LOWELL, MA-MassHousing, the state's affordable housing bank, makes a $4.3 million loan commitment to Rogers Hall, a three-story 61-unit building that caters to low-income seniors.

WESTWOOD, MA-New Boston Fund says its two acquisitions--a 116,000-sf flex building for $10.1 million and a 100,000-sf telecommunications facility for $6 million--offer immediate, strong cash flow to its investors.

BOSTON-Glen Comiso is appointed as the Boston Redevelopment Authority's new biotechnology and life sciences specialist. The city hopes that the new position, created to lure biotech companies, will expand its biotech market.

WALTHAM, MA-Holcim (US) Inc. leases 18,000 sf of office space at 201 Jones Road in the Waltham Weston Corporate Center. The company is relocating from Dundee, MI and will use the space for its North American headquarters.