BOSTON-BV Development Associates is beginning to lease the office buildings it is developing here in North Brighton, a largely residential neighborhood. The company believes that this area is an attractive pricing alternative for businesses to Downtown or Cambridge.

BOSTON-The city's tight market is convincing developers to look in unusual areas to develop office space. At lease that is what inspired Pappas Industrial to convert an old printing building in South Boston to first class office space.

CHARLOTTE-Developer Charley Hodges' Ayrsley is a 129-acre mixed-use development with an estimated $1 billion build-out tag near the Interstate 485-South Tryon Street interchange. Noted town planner Andres Duany of Miami-based Arquitectonica created the Ayrsley concept.