BOSTON-City Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Redevelopment Authority issue a RFP seeking redevelopment of the Bates Arts Resource Center in the South End. It's the first ever issued by the city for development of artist work and live/work space.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc. is closing its restaurant in Harvard Square. The Louisville, CO-based company attributes the closure to the current economic slowdown. The chain still has two other area locations.

BOSTON-Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks PC expands to 60,000 sf at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at 600 Atlantic Ave. in the heart of the city's financial district.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-The New England School of Acupuncture leases 8,328 sf in the Parker Hill Building at 124 Watertown St. The oldest college of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in the US, wanted to move to a more central location.

WESTWOOD, MA-Philadelphia-based Berwind Property Group Ltd. purchases the Westwood Business Centre, a 164,695-sf office building located at 690 Canton St., for $18.5 million from Boston-based American Tower Corporation.

AVON, MA-Architectural Glazing Systems Inc. leases 25,546 sf at 40 Murphy Dr. within the Avon Industrial Park. The company will be relocating this summer from another Avon location as part of an expansion of its operations.

BRAINTREE, MA-In a series of deals that could be seen as a demonstration of the growing strength of the Route 128/South market, seven companies sign leases at 300 Granite St. taking a total of 28,568 sf of space.

MALDEN, MA-In one of the largest lease transactions in recent months in the area, Today's Fleet Service Inc. leases a 22,400-sf single-story building at 375 Washington St.