PALMER, MA-A local businessman tells GlobeSt.com that he is being paid $40,000 a year to hold 160 acres of his land to be used as a site for a casino if the legislature approves casino gambling in the state.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The software company is holding an open house March 21 for its former 235,000-sf headquarters, for which it has already received bids. Compuware moves into a $350-million headquarters in Downtown Detroit.

HUNTSVILLE, AL-The Chattanooga, TN-based developer and Colonial Properties Trust of Birmingham, AL have signed 30 leases totaling 120,000 sf for the 755,000-sf Parkway Place, an estimated $37 million, 33-acre redevelopment of the former Parkway City Mall site.

BOULDER, CO-The information technology company needs more space for its expanding client base and found it at W.W. Reynolds Co.'s property at 4750 Walnut St., allowing the firm to stay true to its name.