Leasing started Feb. 10 at the 26-story, 240-unit apartment tower at the site of the old Dainty Dot building. Studios of 563 square feet start at $3,000 a month; 1-BRs start at $3,600; and 1,082-square-foot 2-BRs are asking $4,000. Hundreds of prospective tenants had already been in touch by the time leasing started.

The Arlington, a 128-unit conversion of the old charter-school building in Bay Village, started leasing the second week of February. One-bedrooms start at $3,200 a month and 2-BRs at a whopping $6,200.

The new 28-story, 187-unit tower announced Feb. 24 that it had officially opened its leasing office. Thing is, however, without any tenant sweeteners like free rent, 25 percent of the apartments were already spoken for, deposits and all. Studios at the Avalon Exeter start at $3,000 a month; 1-BRs at $4,000; 2-BRs at $5,300; and 3-BRs at $10,100. The tower's 16 penthouses start at $9,910. Happy Monday.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority during the second week of February approved plans for the project, which calls for replacing two one-story buildings with 80 apartments and 1,715 square feet of short-term incubator space for lease (there will also be 67 underground parking spaces; 562 square feet of retail; and three community rooms.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority on Feb. 14 O.K.'d a two-building plan for the old Graybar Electric site. Together they will have 602 apartments and up to 33,500 square feet of retail, restaurant and amenity space.