The Holiday Inn Express on Kelly Road in Vernon began major renovations, which include adding an additional floor to the hotel, on Friday.

Mango LLC has purchased The Carriage House in Hamden for $836,750.

Theraplant LLC has purchased an industrial building in Watertown for $2 million to be used as a medical marijuana growth facility.

Rhode Island-based Washington Trust has provided $3.9 million in financing to Massachusetts-based Taymil Ivy Manor LLC for apartments in Manchester.

Marlene Stauble of Connecticut Cabinet Center LLC has leased 800 square feet in Milford.

Residential contractor Leigh Dwyerm, doing business as L.P. Dwyer & Sons, has signed a five-year lease for 2,038 square feet in Milford.

Mohegan Resorts Mass LLC, an affiliate of the Connecticut-based Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, has hired CBRE/Grossman Retail Advisors LLC to study development options for the 152 acres of land in Palmer, Mass., the gaming authority had hoped to develop into a $1 billion resort casino and family entertainment complex.

Advanced Grow Labs has leased 26,000 square feet in West Haven to house one of four medical marijuana growing facilities in Connecticut.

Commercial real estate in Connecticut appears positioned for continuing stagnation in 2014, with double-digit vacancies in key markets and little new office or retail development.

Ridgebury Tankers, a shipping company founded in April 2013, has signed a five-year least at 33 Riverside Ave. in Westport.

Better Packages is relocating to Ansonia after operating in Shelton for 88 years.

Dan & Joe’s Barber Shop and Meriano’s Bake Shoppe, both formerly of Guilford, have signed leases at Madison Commons in Madison.

Congress Building Corp. and LCB Senior Living LLC recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for The Residence at Brookside in Avon.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income fell 10 percent, hurt by some charges.

Ergs Konover/Outlook Holdings LLC has purchased a multifamily apartment community in Danbury for $53.3 million.

A retail condo at 192 Main St. in East Haven has been sold to new owners who plan to open a beauty salon and spa.

TDR Realty LLC has sold commercial and retail building in Hamden to 986 Dixwell Holding Co. LLC for $385,000.

Skanska has signed a contract with the University of Connecticut to construct the school’s new Innovation Partnership Building research facility.

Nixon Uniform Services has bought a 53,000-square-foot industrial and office facility in East Hartford from Massachusetts-based New Boston Fund Inc.

Noble Wealth Advisory Group of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has signed a long-term lease on Whitney Avenue in New Haven.