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Manufacturing

  • Interest grows in manufacturing-targeted workforce programs

    Sam Bonacci April 27, 2015

    In the last two years, successful workforce development programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Mount Wachusett Community College have been built around one thing: real-world conditions and equipment that create skills that can be directly

    Sam Bonacci April 27, 2015
  • AbbVie reports robust first quarter

    April 24, 2015

    Strong growth across the portfolio at AbbVie, a life sciences firm with operations in Worcester, drove profits up 4.3 percent in the first quarter, the company reported Thursday.

    April 24, 2015
  • AMSC stock soars following likely Navy deal

    Sam Bonacci April 22, 2015

    Stock in Devens-based AMSC shot up more than 30 percent this week after the company announced expanded relationships with both the U.S. Navy and energy provider Eversource.

    Sam Bonacci April 22, 2015
  • Medical firms sweep Venture Forum contest

    Sam Bonacci April 15, 2015

    Medical companies swept The Venture Forum's Five-Minute Pitch Contest Tuesday night, with the producer of a “smart pancreas” taking home $3,500 in prizes.

    Sam Bonacci April 15, 2015
  • Framingham firm reports positive pre-clinical results

    April 14, 2015

    Framingham-based medical device maker Arch Therapeutics said a third-party, pre-clinical study had obtained favorable data for its surgical product, AC5 Surgical Hemostatic Device.

    April 14, 2015
  • Convergent Dental announces distributor for laser product

    April 14, 2015

    Convergent Dental of Natick, a privately held dental equipment and technology company, has entered into a distribution partnership for its dental laser product, Solea.

    April 14, 2015
  • Report on advanced manufacturing pushes education, branding

    April 8, 2015

    A new report is urging stronger efforts to train those who will work in advanced manufacturing industries throughout New England while altering the public's image of the sector by focusing on its safety.

    April 8, 2015
  • Worcester's manufacturing future on display for McGovern

    Sam Bonacci April 8, 2015

    The future of manufacturing in Worcester was on display for U.S. Rep. James McGovern at the Technocopia maker space in Worcester on Tuesday. The nonprofit opened in 2013 and its members have churned out everything from robots to custom prosthetics

    Sam Bonacci April 8, 2015
  • SeaChange misses fourth-quarter mark

    April 2, 2015

    Stock for Multiscreen video software maker SeaChange International of Acton was trading down over 15 percent in morning trading after fourth quarter fiscal reports missed analysts' expectations.

    April 2, 2015
  • Siemens affiliate partner takes on wire-rod mill revamp in China

    April 1, 2015

    Chinese company Zenith Steel has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies to revamp a complete wire-rod outlet, London-based Primetals Technologies said Tuesday.

    April 1, 2015
  • Oxford Immunotec launches T cell test

    April 1, 2015

    Oxford Immunotec of Marlborough has developed a laboratory test that measures a patient's immunity to cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpes virus.

    April 1, 2015
  • Natick firm secures $9M in capital for new product

    March 31, 2015

    Convergent Dental of Natick has secured $9 million in capital to help bring a dental laser product, Solea, to market.

    March 31, 2015
  • Rick Saia March 30, 2015
  • Gardner's manufacturing past helps push it into the future

    Sam Bonacci March 30, 2015

    Like many communities, Gardner was once a thriving manufacturing city that struggled after losing much of that old manufacturing base. Today, the city's economic base includes a mix of small businesses and manufacturers that are expected to boost

    Sam Bonacci March 30, 2015
  • Feds may fund cleanup of contaminated Franklin industrial site

    Emily Micucci March 26, 2015

    A former industrial site in Franklin that's heavily contaminated from decades-old manufacturing activity is getting new attention from the federal government.

    Emily Micucci March 26, 2015
  • Precision Digital Corp. to renovate, occupy Hopkinton building

    March 24, 2015

    Precision Digital of Holliston has acquired a building in nearby Hopkinton for $5.35 million

    March 24, 2015

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Today's Poll

Should Madison Properties be forced to sell its Polar Park-adjacent land?
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Poll Description

When City of Worcester and Worcester Red Sox officials announced in 2018 the plan to construct the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, a key part of the economic development effort was a partnership with Boston developer Madison Properties to redevelop five properties around the ballpark into residences, hotels, and office buildings, with openings scheduled to begin in 2021 when the stadium opened.

All five of those Madison projects are significantly behind schedule and only one has come to fruition -- the high-end 228-apartment complex The Revington -- although the Canal District has seen other non-Madison developments come online, including The Cove and District 120 apartment complexes. All developments in Central Massachusetts have faced headwinds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trouble obtaining affordable financing, shortage of materials and labor, and downturns in the commercial real estate and life sciences industries.

The slow development of the Madison properties was the main reason cited by City officials for why the City's plan to not use general taxpayer funds to pay for the $160-million Polar Park has failed. Members of the City Council have gone as far as to call for one key Madison property to perhaps be seized by eminent domain to make way for a new developer.