Environmental consultants WSP Environment & Energy LLC has leased nearly 1,800 square feet at 300 TradeCenter 128 in Woburn.

Five leases totaling approximately 88,000 square feet of office space have been signed in the 177 Huntington Ave. building at the Christian Science Plaza, according to The First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Times are tough now for the Boston area hotel market, but better times lay ahead, according to PKF Hospitality Research (PKF-HR), the research affiliate of PKF Consulting.

Newton-based Commodore Builders will spend the summer working on 11 new projects on nine New England school and college campuses.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino led prospective tenants on a tour of available retail space in the city’s Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods on a soggy afternoon today, offering tour-takers a variety of exclusive incentives to relocate to the neighborhoods as he tries to grow Boston’s retail base.

The Point Breeze Club in Nantucket, formerly known as the Point Breeze Hotel, will be auctioned Aug. 19 by Tranzon Auction Properties of Portland, Maine.

Technology services provider NetVersant Solutions has leased 10,100 square feet of space at the Schrafft Center in Charlestown.

Real Estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has added three retail experts to its retail outsourcing services (ROS) group in the Northeast.

As he cruises toward re-election, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is pursuing an artful strategy of clamping down early on any potential controversy that might attract unwelcome attention.

A yawning bid-ask pricing gap isn’t the only force that’s assailing commercial property and debt sales. A potentially costly tax quirk is also keeping troubled properties stuck in the mud, by disincentivizing commercial owners from either working out underwater loans or giving the keys back to the bank – two moves that would lead to market-clearing transactions.

The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is going through a few changes. No, voices aren’t getting deeper, and there is no acne involved. The department merged in 71 employees from the Department of Transitional Assistance, and will now be responsible for the state’s emergency homeless shelters.

GreenWood International Insurance Services Inc. (GWI) has leased 11,002 square feet of office space at 225 Franklin St. in Boston.

Judge Joel B. Rosenthal of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts in Worcester has concluded a two-year dispute between two Chapter 11 debtors and their lender.

Spectra Medical Devices Inc. has extended its lease for nearly 10,500 square feet at 260 Fordham Road in Wilmington, and signed an 8,600-square-foot lease expansion at 340 Fordham Road.

Boston architectural/engineering firm CBI Consulting Inc. will complete a feasibility study of an underground garage in Brookline to evaluate the condition of the structure.