STOUGHTON, MA-Ikea is determined to get a store built in the state and after years of attempting to do so in Somerville, the Swedish furniture retailer, proposes building a 350,000-sf store on 20 acres just off Route 24.

ELMHURST, NY-More than 50 offers over a two-month period were received on the seven-building portfolio. The 454 apartments sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $57.5 million.

WATERTOWN, MA-The space is the first corporate site for the life sciences start-up, which will use the location for both laboratory and office space.

HOUSTON-Williams Cos. downsizes to 217,595 sf with a renewal of class A office space in the Galleria submarket. The pact goes into effect in April. The Hines team already is talking with backfill prospects, including another Williams group.