Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

Construction

  • Developer proposing 415-unit high rise on Franklin Street

    Katherine Hamilton February 11, 2022

    Worcester-based developer GoVenture Capital Group, LLC plans to construct a 415-unit high-rise at a former industrial site off Worcester’s Franklin Street, according to an application submitted to the city's planning board.

    Katherine Hamilton February 11, 2022
  • Acton contractor banned from conducting business after scam

    Sloane M. Perron February 9, 2022

    Richard Capachione, an Acton home improvement contractor has been banned from owning or managing a construction company and will pay $150,000 in restitution according to a Tuesday announcement from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey

    Sloane M. Perron February 9, 2022
  • Central Mass. communities allotted $171M for bridge repairs

    Katherine Hamilton February 7, 2022

    The state plans to allocate $171 million for construction projects on 25 bridges in Central Massachusetts, according to an initial list posted by Gov. Charlie Baker.

    Katherine Hamilton February 7, 2022
  • Q&A: Paladino's exploratory approach to designing homes

    Sarah Connell Sanders Updated: February 7, 2022

    In 2021, Boston Magazine named Mellowes & Paladino its top Traditional Architect. Although Robert Paladino's work is informed by a traditional palette, he is known for taking an exploratory approach to arrive at innovative design solutions to

    Sarah Connell Sanders Updated: February 7, 2022
  • Hopkinton architectural firm finishes Andover manufacturing expansion

    Sloane M. Perron February 3, 2022

    Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects in Hopkinton announced on Tuesday it had completed a manufacturing facility expansion for Andover-based Vicor Corp.

    Sloane M. Perron February 3, 2022
  • Worcester apartments to receive $178M renovation, adding 100 new units

    Katherine Hamilton February 1, 2022

    Curtis Apartments, a 372-unit complex located on Great Brook Valley Avenue in Worcester, will undergo a $178-million redevelopment and add 100 additional units, the Worcester Housing Authority announced on Saturday.

    Katherine Hamilton February 1, 2022
  • Worcester, Fitchburg receive $1M for downtown developments

    Katherine Hamilton January 28, 2022

    Worcester and Fitchburg have received just over $1 million in Transformative Development Initiative Equity grants for their respective neighborhood revitalization efforts.

    Katherine Hamilton January 28, 2022
  • Main residential building next to Polar Park delayed another year

    Katherine Hamilton January 18, 2022

    The completion date for a 228-unit residential building next to the Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester has been further pushed back for a third time, now more than two years from the original opening date, said president of developer Madison

    Katherine Hamilton January 18, 2022
  • Labor council picket of The Reactory development enters fifth month

    Katherine Hamilton January 14, 2022

    In the summer of 2020, Webster developer Galaxy Life Sciences announced plans to build a $50-million biomanufacturing facility at Worcester’s 46-acre life sciences campus, The Reactory.

    Katherine Hamilton January 14, 2022
  • Natick company fined $98K for asbestos violations at Northbridge property

    Sloane M. Perron January 6, 2022

    NE Capital, LLC. of Natick has been fined $98,004 for violations of asbestos regulations during work at a multi-family residential property it owns in Northbridge, according to a Thursday press release from the Massachusetts Department of

    Sloane M. Perron January 6, 2022
  • Former Boys Club approved to become affordable senior housing

    Katherine Hamilton December 23, 2021

    The Worcester Planning Board on Wednesday approved a site plan for the redevelopment of the former Boys Club at 16 Salisbury St., which is set to become 80 units of senior housing.

    Katherine Hamilton December 23, 2021
  • Two Framingham construction companies alleged guilty of payroll fraud

    Katherine Hamilton December 21, 2021

    Framingham-based Superior Carpentry, Inc. and its owners are being fined $540,000 over allegations they failed to pay prevailing wages to employees, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Monday.

    Katherine Hamilton December 21, 2021
  • Transformation of Leominster’s Jytek Park continues with $1.6M sale

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021

    Randolph and Baldwin, an Ayer-based engineering and design firm, has purchased a warehouse on Jytek Road in Leominster for $1.6 million, according to real estate database CoStar.

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021
  • Worcester mill could be renovated into 18-unit apartment complex

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021

    A former mill on Webster Street in Worcester could be rezoned to be renovated into an 18-unit apartment complex, Nick Lewis, CEO of Trivium Construction LLC, confirmed Monday.

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021
  • Westborough opens net-positive-energy elementary school

    Katherine Hamilton December 17, 2021

    Annie E. Fales Elementary School in Westborough, which began classes in November, is one of the first net-positive-energy public schools built in Massachusetts, according to a press release from the architect and the builder.

    Katherine Hamilton December 17, 2021
  • WPI receives $500K to research on-campus nuclear reactors

    Katherine Hamilton December 9, 2021

    Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were awarded $499,509 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulation Commission to design nuclear microreactor facilities to be built on university campuses, according to a Thursday press release from WPI.

    Katherine Hamilton December 9, 2021

Sign up for Enews

WBJ Web partners

Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
Choices
Poll Description

In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.