Just in time for Thanksgiving – when owners say doors will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. – North Point Restaurant & Bar has replaced the Weltkuche Bistro in Cambridge Crossing.

If onion dip sounds a bit boring, this wasn’t like your mom used to serve at cocktail parties. The dip is lavished with trout roe, dill, egg and capers, and your dipping chips are golden-light potato waffles.

A life science developer paid $130 million for One Canal Park in East Cambridge, up from its $72 million value five years ago, while construction continues on 1,038 more residential units for Cambridge and a seller makes around $56.4 million on two properties.

When plans for the 14-acre Volpe parcel return to the Planning Board on July 20 for a rezoning petition filed June 21, there will be a few notable changes, including a Third Street Park redesigned for more combined open space and a community center expanded to 25,000 square feet.

Plenty has been going on in development this spring, including an environmentally focused building planned for North Point’s Parcel U, a slew of MIT moves and more on BioMed Realty’s push into Somerville.

As the city’s eviction moratorium nears its end on June 15, officials say they have tried to help tenants tap into state and local aid, while the city has distributed $4.6 million in financial aid for rent and other expenses to more than 1,700 households.

The Cambridge Crossing development in North Point continues to fill up, with the outdoor equipment retailer REI Co-op announcing a “small-format neighborhood store” to open at 181 Morgan Ave. in the fall.

A taproom and production space called Lamplighter CX will open within months at Cambridge Crossing, according to an announcement Friday from Lamplighter Brewing and developer DivcoWest.

During the first three months of this year, a North Point luxury property submitted at least 22 eviction filings out of 24 residential eviction cases in Cambridge District Court, many involving allegations of Covid-19 violations. But there’s much more to the city’s eviction picture.

Three eateries opened in Cambridge since mid-January capture very different aspects of the city and its eating habits – as a fried chicken mecca (Laced Quality Kitchen), a paradise for higher-end comfort food (Geppetto) and a home to healthy innovation (Spyce).