SOMERVILLE, MA-Two proposals have come in to develop Yard 21, the 9.2-acre city-owned site here at Assembly Square. One of the proposals is from a joint venture that owns two parcels adjacent to the site.

ATLANTA-The locally based investment group paid $13.3 million or $21,875 per acre for 608 acres in the 1,500-acre, 16-year-old Gwinnett Progress Center, the largest business park in Gwinnett County. Now it plans to sell off individual parcels at a profit.

DENVER-The Winston-Salem, NC-based doughnut chain plans new stores in Thornton, Aurora and Colorado Springs after its first entry in the market posts first-week sales hit a record $369,000.

BOSTON-Spaulding & Slye Colliers releases its semiannual report that indicates drops in rent across the board. But while Cambridge and the suburbs saw significant dips, the city's drops were minor and are still not as low as they were less than two years ago.