BILLERICA, MA-Packard BioChip Technologies LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Packard BioScience Company, purchases a 40,000-sf building here for $3.3 million. The company plans to convert the office and R & D building into a manufacturing facility.

LOS ANGELES-With Downtown Los Angeles office market beginning to bounce back, more than 200,000 sf of office space has opened up in Downtown's Los Angeles Center Studios.

SAN FRANCISCO-ComputerWare had stores in San Francisco, Dublin, San Mateo, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Berkeley. The 17-year-old company sold Apple Computer products exclusively in and around northern California.

WASHINGTON, DC-Low interest rates will fuel growth across all areas of the market, according to the NAR, which predicts a record being set for new-home sales and the second-best year ever for existing-home sales.