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Madison begins $4.3M lease on Polar Park parking garage, buys land for Left Field Building
June 14, 2023Across the street from its first near-complete apartment building, Boston developer Madison Properties has begun a lease on the Polar Park parking garage that will pay the City of Worcester $4.3 million in base rent over the next 20 years.
June 14, 2023
Auburn hotel property sold for $7.6M
June 12, 2023The Comfort Inn property at 426 Southbridge St. in Auburn was sold on Thursday for $7.6 million.
June 12, 2023
Retail is king: How small cannabis businesses are surviving the plunging marijuana prices
Updated: June 12, 2023Smaller cannabis companies are white labeling and collaborating as they try to survive a fierce pricing competition against large corporations in an increasingly saturated market.
Updated: June 12, 2023
Cannabis comes of age: Five years in, regulators face a new set of issues
Updated: June 12, 2023When the first recreational cannabis dispensaries in Massachusetts opened in November 2018, their parking lots assumed a festive air as people lined up, sometimes for hours, to get the newly legal product. Nearly five years later, legal cannabis has
Updated: June 12, 2023
Despite shortfalls, Worcester anticipates making Polar Park debt payments as promised
Updated: June 6, 2023As was the case for the first two years of debt payments, the saving grace for the current fiscal year 2023 and the next fiscal year 2024 is a $3-million property sale from 2021.
Updated: June 6, 2023
WooSox partner with Canal District businesses for rewards program
June 6, 2023The Worcester Red Sox are partnering with Canal District and Green Island businesses to encourage fans to patronize businesses in the neighborhood by offering discounts and reward points.
June 6, 2023
QCC granted $200K to help formerly incarcerated people obtain work in the food industry
June 5, 2023The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development granted Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester $200,000 to fund a training program for previously incarcerated individuals.
June 5, 2023
Take WBJ's Midyear Economic Forecast survey
May 30, 2023WBJ is conducting a Midyear Economic Forecast survey of its readers to gauge how the events so far in 2023 have impacted their outlooks on the Central Massachusetts economy. Those who fill out the survey by June 14 will be eligible to win one of
May 30, 2023
Grafton spa approved for a $32K NCMDC loan
May 26, 2023Scarlet Spa and Wellness Center was approved for a $32,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.
May 26, 2023
Historic tavern, which served founding fathers, reopens in West Brookfield
May 26, 2023Months after Ye Olde Tavern closed at the location, the owners of a 263-year-old tavern at 7 East Main St. in West Brookfield will reopen the establishment under its original name, Hitchcock Tavern on June 2, following a soft opening in May.
May 26, 2023
Restaurant group sees possible minimum wage ballot question as threat
May 25, 2023Restaurateurs and other small business owners are wary of a looming "threat" of a 2024 ballot question that could raise the state's minimum wage beyond the $15 hourly rate that took effect in January.
May 25, 2023
Hudson spa loaned $75K from NCMDC for new space
May 23, 2023Renew You MedSpa has received a $75,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.
May 23, 2023
Rhode Island firm buys land with Westborough hotel for approximately half of 2015 price
May 22, 2023Rhode Island-based Magna Hospitality Group has purchased the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Westborough for $15 million.
May 22, 2023
Fitchburg, Worcester facilities among 11 awardees of $1.3M in cultural grants
May 18, 2023Fitchburg State University, Creative Hub Worcester, and Southborough Historical Society were among the largest recipients of $7.6 million in Cultural Facilities Fund grants statewide from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
May 18, 2023
Brokers and property owners use innovative thinking in seeking to keep plazas full
Updated: May 15, 2023Local brokers are optimistic they can fill that space as the industry experiences a post-COVID resurgence and innovative new concepts for retail space are hitting the marketplace.
Updated: May 15, 2023
Getting out of the kitchen: A Grafton baker found an unusual partner in growing his home business
Updated: May 15, 2023Chuck Brown was stuck between turning his home into a full-time business or taking out loans to push the project to the next step to open a business in a commercial space. Eventually, Brown’s connections in education led to him meeting.
Updated: May 15, 2023
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