SOMERVILLE, MA-In a move that will increase commercial space in this largely residential area, Taurus Investment's plans for a mixed-use development on the site of the former Assembly Square Mall were approved.

BOSTON-A number of small hotel projects underway here will help the city increase its number of rooms, but the convention center anchor hotel is still deemed crucial to the success of the convention center.

WASHINGTON, DC-Politicians in city government here are working fast and furiously to construct proposals on regulations to present to Planning and Zoning in the next 22 days, in time for the scheduled meeting.

SAN DIEGO-The inancially ailing REIT took both legal and financial hits during a disastrous third quarter. After a running battle with dissident investors over the value of the firm, the board decided to liquidate the company.