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Stagnant Gardner properties sell for $1M to become commercial, residential space
May 17, 2022Two properties in Gardner’s downtown sold for $926,000 to an investment firm with a history of redevelopment projects in the city, according to a Friday release from the Gardner mayor's office.
May 17, 2022
Worcester home prices soar 17% in April as sales continue to drop
May 17, 2022Single-family home prices in Worcester increased 16.9% in April, compared with April 2021, reaching $380,000 in the city, according to Peabody-based research firm The Warren Group.
May 17, 2022
Central Mass. towns receive $57M in affordable housing refinancing
May 16, 2022Properties in Maynard, Sturbridge, and Sudbury received a total of $56.8 million in financing for senior and family housing projects from MassHousing, allowing for the properties’ owner to refinance and preserve affordability.
May 16, 2022
WooSox provide free housing to players for first time, amid housing affordability crisis
Updated: May 16, 2022Finding stable housing has always been a challenge for low-income earners, but the problem has ballooned in places like Worcester where the average rent is growing about 10 percentage points faster than the average income.
Updated: May 16, 2022
Looking back at PPP’s legacy in Central Mass.
Updated: May 16, 2022Overall, more than 20,000 PPP loans for a total of $1.8 billion were given out to businesses across Worcester County, with more than 4,800 and $450 million of those loans going to businesses within the city of Worcester, according to data from the
Updated: May 16, 2022
Russian problems: How Ukraine war fallout could impact IPG Photonics
Updated: May 16, 2022The severing of economic ties between the U.S. and Russia is likely to prove a challenge for IPG Photonics, which was founded in Russia and has long-standing ties to the country.
Updated: May 16, 2022
Use government tax incentives to save cash and stimulate growth
Updated: May 16, 2022A variety of tax incentives are available to businesses with a proposed real estate expansion project, meaning the project is considered if it will result in job creation and a renovation or new construction at a Massachusetts site.
Updated: May 16, 2022
Ameresco awarded $7.9M U.S. Army contract
May 11, 2022HSGS-Ameresco, LLC has been awarded a $7.9-million contract to design and construct a new solar energy system for the U.S. Army.
May 11, 2022
Wood Partners to construct 276-unit mixed-use building in Marlborough
May 9, 2022Developer Wood Partners is proposing a 276-unit mixed-use complex on a 4.5-acre parcel in Marlborough and will hold a public hearing on the proposal Monday.
May 9, 2022
Former Mass. deputy treasurer to be interim chair of Cannabis Control Commission
May 9, 2022On Monday, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed Sarah Kim as the interim chairman of the state Cannabis Control Commission, one week after former CCC Chairman Steven Hoffman abruptly resigned from the state body.
May 9, 2022
Developers receive $315K grant for vacant Fitchburg property
May 6, 2022MassDevelopment, the state’s economic development financing agency, awarded $315,175 to a developer planning to redevelop a vacant three-story building in downtown Fitchburg.
May 6, 2022
Worcester developer to demolish Franklin Street restaurant, construct 24 apartments
May 6, 2022A Worcester developer has plans to demolish a Franklin Street restaurant and redevelop the site into a 24-unit apartment complex, according to a proposal submitted to the Worcester Planning Board.
May 6, 2022
First half of 115-unit senior housing project in Auburn opens
May 5, 2022A 55-unit, mixed-income senior housing complex at the former Mary D. Stone Elementary School in Auburn officially opened on Thursday.
May 5, 2022
Site of Mount Carmel Church sold for $5.6M, construction on housing complex to begin
May 5, 2022The 5.3-acre property of the former Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Mulberry Street in Worcester sold Wednesday for $5.6 million, Drew Higgins of Kelleher & Sadowsky Associate, Inc. in Worcester confirmed Thursday.
May 5, 2022
Three Central Mass. health centers included in $1M MassDevelopment program
May 4, 2022Three community health centers in Central Massachusetts have been selected among 22 centers across the state by MassDevelopment for its Community Health Center Grant Program.
May 4, 2022
Lunenburg apartments sell for $76M
May 3, 2022Emerald Place, a roughly 26-acre apartment complex on Lake Whalom in Lunenburg, sold for $76 million on Friday, according to the Worcester North District Registry of Deeds.
May 3, 2022
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