Family Dollar has leased 10,302 square feet of space at 20-24 Corinth St. in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood.

BioMed Realty Trust Inc., a life science property owner with a large presence around Boston, has reported a 21.6 percent year-over-year jump in total revenues for the second quarter, to $86.1 million, driven primarily by leasing success and deliveries from the company’s development pipeline.

The 6,375-square-foot building leased to Bright Horizons Childcare & Early Development Center at 2 Constitution Blvd. in Franklin has been sold for $670,000.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is set to announce a new $17.6 million foreclosure stabilization program that aims to both keep distressed homeowners in their homes and help new homebuyers purchase foreclosed property across the city.

The Boston Yacht Haven marina in Boston’s North End will be sold at auction Aug. 14, after a bankruptcy judge recently approved a deal between the marina’s lender, Northern Bank & Trust, and the marina’s court-appointed trustee.

J. Sallese & Sons, a distribution company that specializes in lockers, restroom partitions, washroom accessories and metal storage equipment, has purchased unit 12 at 5 Crescent Ave. in Woburn for $1.14 million.

The $21.5 million gut renovation of the Phillips Academy Paresky Dining Commons in Andover has been completed.

Margulies Perruzzi Architects recently received the 2009 Brick in Architecture Bronze Award in the commercial category for its design of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) office building in Hingham.

The lack of any discernible statewide smart growth priorities in Massachusetts could waste money, according to at least one local planner, and municipalities may be better served promoting their own smart growth goals.

The historic five-story, 114,257-square-foot office and retail building at One Winthrop Square has been sold to an affiliate of German firm GLL Partners, the third financial district building sold to the firm.

Norwell’s Acella Construction Corp. has been selected to build the new headquarters for Friendship Home, located in Norwell.

The 20,000-square-foot, single-story building at 149 King St. in Hanover has been sold to BMI Inc. for $1.2 million.

Boston-based property management firm JB Property Solutions has signed a 10-year lease for 3,427 square feet on the second floor at 311 Summer St. in Boston.

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Four leases totaling 87,700 square feet have been signed at Normandy Real Estate Partners’ Marlborough Technology Park in Marlborough.

Sagamore-based modular construction firm Realty Development Assoc. will rebuild Hanon’s United Church of the First Born, which was destroyed in a 2007 fire.

The Salvation Army will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the $115 million Kroc Corps Community Center in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Monday.