BOSTON-The city is prepared to loan three large hotel projects a total of $40 million through Department of Housing and Urban Development to ensure that they get off the ground.

BOSTON-Habitat for Humanity of Greater Boston's proposal to build the Arrowhead Habitat Homes project on Blue Hill Avenue in the neighborhood of Dorchester gets approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

BOSTON-Shaw's Supermarkets opens a 44,000-sf store at 4 River St. in the Berger Building in the Dorchester neighborhood's Lower Mills area. The building is part of the Baker Chocolate Historic District.

WALTHAM, MA-Integrated Healthcare Information Systems Inc. leases 22,158 sf of office space at 950 Winter St. in the Bay Colony Corporate Center. The company is subleasing the space for its corporate headquarters.

METHUEN, MA-Taurus Investment Holdings LLC buys two facilities totaling 228,000 sf from Parlex Corp. for $12 million. The sale/leaseback deal is part of a $300 million fund being created by the Boston-based real estate investment firm.

WESTBOROUGH, MA- Acquisition financing totaling $33 million is nailed down for the four-building, 372,679-sf Westborough Office Park. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP arranged the financing for Windsor Realty Fund-IV.

BOSTON-The Boston Redevelopment Authority approves Preferred Freezer Services' plan to redevelop Building #16 at 25 Fid Kennedy Ave. in the Boston Marine Industrial Park into a 150,000 sf seafood services facility and commercial freezer.

WESTBOROUGH, MA- Acquisition financing totaling $33 million is nailed down for the four-building, 372,679-sf Westborough Office Park. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP arranged the financing for Windsor Realty Fund-IV.