WILMINGTON, MA-Evans Packaging Company acquires a 20,000-sf industrial building at 150 West St. for $915,000 from Getov Realty Trust. The company bought the building empty and has already leased out the first floor of the two-story building.

GREATER BOSTON-Richards Barry Joyce & Partners' 2003 Mid-Year Review & Forecast demonstrates a sluggish real estate market for the Greater Boston area. Vacancy and availability rates are on the rise for nearly every segment.

WESTWOOD, MA-Berwind Property Group leases up 17,140 sf of space at 690 Canton St., the 164,695 sf office building the Philadelphia-based, privately held real estate investment firm bought this past May.

SHIRLEY, MA-Cool Dog Inc. takes an additional 6,000 sf at Phoenix Park, a 14-building office and industrial complex located at 2 Shaker Rd. on a 56-acre campus near Routes 2 and 495.

MALDEN, MA-Forced Exposure is relocating its world headquarters from Somerville, MA with its lease of 219 Medford St., a single-story, 38,000-sf building. The deal is the largest lease transaction in this city this year.

WALTHAM, MA-Cornerstone Mortgage leases 7,200 sf at 196 Bear Hill Rd. The company, which signed a ten-year lease, needed additional space for growth and was looking for a stand-alone building.

WALTHAM, MA-Cornerstone Mortgage leases 7,200 sf at 196 Bear Hill Rd. The company, which signed a ten-year lease, needed additional space for growth and was looking for a stand-alone building.

BURLINGTON, MA-Stringer, a marketing communications company, leases 9,420 sf of office space at Three Burlington Woods for its corporate headquarters.