NEEDHAM, MA-CWCapital, a full-service national lender to the commercial and multifamily real estate industries, hires Tom Nolan as managing director of the company's new high-yield debt platform.

BURLINGTON, MA-Tribotek Inc. expands its operations with a move from Cambridge to 12,636 sf of research and development and flex space at 30 North Ave. The company designs and develops high-density power and data connectors.

BELMONT, MA-The former Volkswagen dealership site at 270 Trapelo Rd. gets a makeover after lying vacant for four years. A 20,000-sf retail center is being developed on the 2.3-acre property, which is owned by the Kendall family.

BOSTON-Ember, a provider of embedded wireless networking solutions, leases 10,000 sf on the fourth floor of 313 Congress St. The company restructured its lease to enable it to expand in the building.

PEABODY, MA- North Shore Orthopedics buys a medical office building at the North Shore Mall for $5.5 million and plans on converting the 50,000-sf facility into an ambulatory surgical center.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Revahertz Networks, a high tech start-up leases 6,809 sf at 139 Main St., a four-story, 38,000-sf office building in the heart of Kendall Square. The company is subleasing the space from Forrester Research.

BELLINGHAM, MA-The Massachusetts Supreme Court overruled the state's Land Court, which invalidated a town's rezoning amendment because the developer involved made an $8 million gift to the town.

AVON, MA- IKEA is looking at locations about 25 miles south of Assembly Square in Somerville where it has been trying to build a 250,000-sf store for the past four years. IKEA emphasizes that it will continue with its Somerville plan.