Quincy Center Offices Sold to City Realty

Brookline-based City Realty is placing an $18 million bet on Quincy Center’s continued revitalization with the purchase of a 132,000-square-foot office building in the heart of the downtown business district.

Mass. Gateway Cities See Price Records

Sales of homes and condominiums in these mid-sized, older industrial hubs are rising as buyers, many of them first-timers, search for more affordable alternatives after being priced out of Boston and its ever more expensive suburbs.