BOSTON-RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, signs a ten-year lease renewal for 75,000 sf of office space at One Beacon St. The deal is a big one for the city which continues to struggle with relatively high vacancies.

BEVERLY, MA-Brookwood Financial Partners leases 12,700-sf of office space at 50 Dunham Rd. The deal represents a relocation and expansion for the private equity firm, from its former facility at 55 Tozer Rd.

DANVERS, MA-ESRI takes advantage of the current tenants market in this area and relocates its regional headquarters to 14,458 sf in One Corporate Place at 55 Ferncroft Dr. The developer of GIS software will use the space as its regional headquarters.

BILLERICA, MA-Phonetic Systems takes 9,115 sf in a sublease deal at 300 Concord Rd. The software company only has to pay operating and tax costs on the space.

BOSTON-In one of the downtown area's largest leases of the year, William Gallagher Associates leases 45,152 sf in Independence Wharf, a 14-story 336,725-sf office building that has only had about 25% of its space occupied.

BOSTON-Washington Mutual Bank leases 7,162 sf at 101 Federal St., a 551,000-sf building located in the heart of the city's financial district. While the deal is small, it is still good news for a building that is about to lose one of its anchor tenants.

METHUEN, MA-Parlex Corp. sells and leases back two of its facilities for $12 million. The facilities, one of which is locally based while the other is in Cranston, RI, were sold and leased back from Taurus Investments.

BOSTON-John Hancock Financial Services Inc. sells its two adjoining properties located in the heart of the city's downtown area to NY-based the Related Cos. LP and locally based Beal Cos. LLP. The properties consist of a 61,110 sf building and an 18,000 sf parking lot.