EAST CAMBRIDGE—Grab your popcorn, the Sullivan Courthouse fracas is heating up again as the Cambridge Planning Board signs off and opponents vow an appeal: "After deliberating extensively during a four-hour meeting, the board voted 6-0 to grant special permits to Leggat McCall Properties to redevelop the courthouse site into a mixed-use commercial and residential building." [Day]
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HUB-WIDE—Sullivan Square, Revere Beach and the Eastie waterfront made the list: "State officials have teamed up with cities and towns in Greater Boston to put together a list of developer-friendly neighborhoods and parcels, a move being applauded by a local development association." [Herald]
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DORCHESTER—Hey, $450K is cheap these days in Boston! "The Baker Chocolate complex, a 14-acre village of brick factory buildings along the Neponset River in Dorchester's Lower Mills, has some new high-end condos that start at just $450,000." [Herald]