BOSTON—AvalonBay is a particularly busy apartment-builder in a city chock-full of 'em: "[Forty-five Stuart Street] means the busy builder should have three construction projects going simultaneously in three different parts of the city later this year. The 503-unit Nashua Street tower by the TD Garden will likely break ground by the fall, and the 187-unit Avalon Exeter project at the Prudential complex is already well under way." [Herald]
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MILFORD—Scott Butera has worked in gaming on behalf of Trump and Tropicana: "As chief executive of Foxwoods, Butera has overseen the restructuring of more than $2 billion in debt. But Butera has never built a casino from scratch, as he hopes to do on a 177-acre tract off Interstate 495 in Milford." [Globe]
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BOSTON—Superstorm Sandy and the Blizzard of '13 have the city moving faster on climate change: "In the next six months, the Boston Conservation Commission will develop new flood-plain maps to take in to account future storm surges atop higher sea levels. A wetlands ordinance will also help guide property owners to prepare for higher sea levels, said Brian Swett, chief of Environment and Energy for the city." [Globe]
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CHELSEA—Thoroughly unlikable ex-Chelsea Housing Authority chief Michael McLaughlin is cutting a deal to perhaps escape the slammer: "McLaughlin will plead guilty Tuesday to four counts of deliberately concealing his inflated salary from state and federal regulators from 2008 until he was forced to resign in 2011, when it reached $360,000, according to an agreement filed in federal court Friday." [Globe]