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Economic Development
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Patrick's New Spending Requests Total $23M
March 18, 2013Gov. Deval Patrick began his tenure in the corner office in 2007 by shepherding through the Legislature capital spending bills authorizing billions of dollars in borrowing and the governor on Friday rolled out round two of his investment agenda.
March 18, 2013Emerson Hospital To Make Upgrades With $2.5M Lease
March 18, 2013Concord-based Emerson Hospital will benefit from a $2.5 million lease issued by MassDevelopment on its behalf, for the purpose of investing in new equipment , MassDevelopment announced Monday.
March 18, 2013
UMass Medical Purchase Highlights Twists Of Non-Profit Ownership
March 18, 2013When the University of Massachusetts Medical School purchased three commercial buildings in Worcester's biotech park in late February, the reaction from local officials and media was one of concern over what the $40.3-million transaction would mea
March 18, 2013
Communities Open Doors To More Rental Housing
March 18, 2013Adding to the growing list of signs that the state's economy is on the upswing, permits for multifamily housing jumped 84 percent in 2012, from 2,752 to 5,019. That prompted Gov.
March 18, 2013
Briefing: Wooing Life Sciences To Worcester
March 18, 2013Worcester officials want to make sure commercial brokers aren't overlooking what the city has to offer.
March 18, 2013
Leominster Nets Wire Manufacturer With TIF Deal
March 13, 2013A Fitchburg wire manufacturer has struck a deal with Leominster to expand its operations there through an eight-year tax deal.
March 13, 2013
February 18, 2013
Open Dialogue, Input Vital To Worcester's Future
February 4, 2013Picture this: It's a warm, sunny day and you're downtown; your day starts with an event at a state-of-the-art arena. Then, you walk a few hundred yards to take in a lecture at the public library.
February 4, 2013
Worcester Housing Plans Buoy Business Community
February 4, 2013Downtown Worcester has been full of development activity for the past few years, as the city focuses on revitalizing the area and moving it away from only being a bustling place during office hours.
February 4, 2013
Developers Discover Leominster
February 4, 2013Leominster has been experiencing a bit of a resurgence with new buyers for big properties and developments. It's something the city's mayor, Dean Mazzarella, said is the product of a strategic plan.
February 4, 2013Developer: Milford Casino Site Safer Than Boston-Area Proposals
January 31, 2013While Boston-area mayors go back and forth on two neighboring casino proposals, another prospective developer is glad to be outside the urban area as he seeks approval of a casino in Milford.
January 31, 2013
Housing Developers Give New Life To Old Industrial Buildings
January 28, 2013Private housing developers are stepping up to take on once- thriving, but now-abandoned industrial buildings that have created blight in the Central Massachusetts communities where they used to attract workers to a century ago.
January 28, 2013
Worcester Theater District Plan Welcomed, Parking Questioned
January 24, 2013On a bitterly cold evening, the proposed master plan for a downtown theater district in Worcester received a largely warm reception from about 150 people last night inside the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.
January 24, 2013Report Calls For $1.7B Investment In Mass. Cities
January 10, 2013A state investment of $1.7 billion over the next decade would lift the economies and redevelopment of struggling urban centers outside of Boston, creating jobs and stimulating private investment, according to a new report from MassINC.
January 10, 2013State's Efforts Give Once-Blighted Sites A Second Life
January 7, 2013From historic mill buildings stretched along our rivers to vacant properties in our downtown centers, Massachusetts is home to brownfields in need of critical redevelopment.
January 7, 2013
Worcester Opens Expanded Front Street
December 31, 2012For the first time in more than 40 years, Front Street is now open in downtown Worcester, uniting the east and west ends of the city that had been cut off from each other by the former Worcester Galleria shops.
December 31, 2012
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