Lex Co., a biotechnology company, has leased 2,200 square feet of lab space at Phoenix Park in Shirley.

The University of Massachusetts-Boston has signed a preliminary agreement to buy the Bayside Exposition Center to support development of the first new academic facilities on the campus in 35 years.

Boston officials are joining Nuestra Comunidad Development Corp., project funders and community members to celebrate the start of construction on a parcel of land along Roxbury’s Blue Hill Avenue.

The board of directors at BioMed Realty Trust Inc., a life science property owner with a large presence around Boston, has declared a fourth quarter dividend of $0.14 per share of common stock.

Philips Electronics of Burlington is behind the bright, ever-changing colors lighting up Boston’s skyline. The lights beaming off Boston’s Prudential Tower are LED lighting fixtures from Philips Color Kinetics.

Autodesk Inc., a 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software company, has announced the interior of its architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) solutions division headquarters in Waltham, was recently certified LEED-CI Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Acella Construction Corp. has been selected to renovate two laboratories at Northeastern University.

A Medford man has been charged with stealing millions of dollars from his former employer, a large construction management company in Greater Boston.

Boston architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch has merged with Merzproject of Phoenix.

National Telecommuting Institute, an educational/job-matching organization, has leased 4,644 square feet at 69 Canal St. in Boston.

Two engineering firms have leased a combined 10,390 square feet at New England Business Center in Andover.

A 2,400-square-foot medical building at 190 Quincy Ave. in Brockton has sold for $300,000.

Government Properties Income Trust, a Newton-based REIT, has announced a regular quarterly common share distribution of $0.40 per common share.

Boston-area developers face a new and seemingly unlikely threat as they struggle to hang onto downtown towers and suburban office projects amid the Great Recession – tax hikes.

The Barbarian Group, a New York-based digital services firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco, has leased 4,656 square feet on the second floor of 129 South St. in Boston, bringing the building to full occupancy.

For the first time in three years, property tax rates will increase in the city of Boston in fiscal 2010.

Harvard University will halt construction of a new science complex in Boston’s Allston neighborhood after completing the building’s foundation, university president Drew Faust said Thursday, citing the Ivy League school’s “altered financial landscape.”

NAI Hunneman has brokered three office leases, totaling 4,308 square feet, at 376 Boylston St. in Boston.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design plans to build a 21-story residence hall on Boston’s Huntington Avenue. The $61 million building will add 145,000 square feet of dormitory and facility space to the campus.

The Terrier Group, a Boston residential real estate company, has relocated to 366 West Broadway, Unit C-2, in South Boston.