Worcester Business Journal

01/28/2025

MacDonald says turning the property into an antique automobile museum will have a positive impact on the downtown area. In addition to the museum, eight residential units are planned for the building’s second floor.

MacDonald Development of Maynard purchased the former firehouse at 1 Summer St. for $100,001 in a deal finalized on Thursday.

01/28/2025

A Superior Court judge last week struck from the record the entirety of the 1,733-page appendix Shannon O'Brien filed alongside the appeal of her firing as Cannabis Control Commission chairwoman, but he also made clear that he expects Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to release details of her decision to axe the CCC chair in the next few weeks.

"[T]his case has not proceeded with the alacrity one might expect in a matter that carries the level of importance attached to it by the parties and public alike. It is the Court's fervent hope that the case not become further enmired in procedural wrangles that keep it from getting to the merits,"....

01/28/2025

Featuring three conference rooms and 75 private offices, the site is located on the second floor of a building in the plaza containing XGolf and a recruitment center for Amazon.

Featuring three conference rooms and 75 private offices, the site is located on the second floor of a building in the plaza.

01/27/2025

Professionals at ERA Key Realty Services, the Worcester Community Action Council, and Open Sky Community Services are making career moves.

Professionals at ERA Key Realty Services, the Worcester Community Action Council, and Open Sky Community Services are making career moves.

01/27/2025

“It’s accessible and interesting to both the serious player and someone who may be new to the game,” Mahoney said of courses like the one WedgeLinks is proposing.

https://www.wbjournal.com/article/developer-pitches-nine-hole-golf-course-for-framingham-business-park

01/27/2025

The commonwealth’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points.

The Massachusetts unemployment rose for the fourth consecutive month in December, marking the state’s third highest unemployment rate for 2024.

01/27/2025

A Fortune 100 company, TJX has approximately 349,000 employees worldwide, with 5,000 stores in nine countries operating under brand names like TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods.

Framingham-based retail parent TJX Cos. has purchased two office parcels on Framingham’s Speen Street for $24.3 million.

01/27/2025

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester launched its Digital Hub in September, merging the system’s remote patient monitoring; patient transfer and access; and management on in-home care under one roof.

Central Massachusetts’ largest healthcare system has established a new Digital Hub.

01/27/2025

CCC Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube was placed on paid administrative leave on Jan. 6, according to a letter addressed to Dube from the agency’s human resources department. Dube was one of several employees who spoke to WBJ regarding systematic issues at the seven-year-old agency tasked with regulating the state’s legal cannabis industry.

Dube, featured in a WBJ investigation detailing dysfunction and toxicity at the CCC, has been suspended.

01/27/2025

As demand rises and original parts become harder to find, arcade machines which were once viewed as a bulky relic of a bygone era can now fetch thousands, presenting entrepreneurs with the rare piece of business equipment which can accrue in value even while being used.

Despite featuring technology that might be considered ancient by someone just coming of drinking age, nostalgia and curiosity for the seemingly simpler times of the late 20th century are a major driving force behind bar arcade’s popularity, according to current and prospective owners of the region...

01/24/2025

From the defense to the medical device industry, manufacturers are looking for ways to mark and track critical components as efficiently as possible while ensuring product security and compliance with strict manufacturing requirements.

That’s where Lase-X hopes to come into the picture.

Manufacturers are looking for ways to mark and track critical components as efficiently as possible.

01/24/2025

Massachusetts gamblers can place wagers on games in hundreds of leagues around the world, but state regulators are reminding sports betting firms bets on Belarusian soccer matches are prohibited.

When they adopted the catalog of events approved for wagering, commissioners included an explicit prohibition to ban betting on "any sports or sporting event overseen by Russian or Belarusian governing bodies, leagues, events and players," the commission's website says.

01/24/2025

Massachusetts could receive more than $100 million as part of a tentative new settlement between attorneys general, Purdue Pharma and the company's controlling Sackler family that reshapes some of the previous liability terms rejected by the nation's highest court.

Massachusetts could receive more than $100 million as part of a tentative new settlement between attorneys general, Purdue Pharma and the company's controlling Sackler family that reshapes some of the previous liability terms rejected by the nation's highest court.

01/24/2025

“This project is providing much needed relief to the inpatient hospital capacity constraints felt across the Central Massachusetts region,” UMMC President Justin Precourt wrote in an email to WBJ.

In the two weeks since UMass Memorial Medical Center held the grand opening of its $220-million acute-care facility the North Pavilion, the top executive of Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital is seeing it begin to alleviate the strain on its emergency department.

01/24/2025

The hub, named Auxilium Worcester, will include an innovation studio offering a 12-month residency featuring access to mentorship, business support, and capital investments, as well as a three-month accelerator designed to boost existing businesses with access to industry leaders and investments starting at $250,000.

The hub will include an innovation studio offering a 12-month residency and a three-month accelerator program.

01/24/2025

Pho Sure, a Vietnamese restaurant based in the White Plaza in Shrewsbury, is set to make its long-awaited move across Lake Quinsigamond to Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street.

https://www.wbjournal.com/article/pho-sure-announces-opening-date-for-new-shrewsbury-street-location

01/24/2025

Worcester Historical Museum is marking its 150th anniversary with a name change, free admission, and the reinstallation of a $1.3-million gallery.

Worcester Historical Museum is marking its 150th anniversary with a name change, free admission, and the reinstallation of a $1.3-million gallery.

01/24/2025

Nina Dow, an attorney at Bowditch & Dewey in Worcester, shares some best practices when estate planning.

https://www.wbjournal.com/article/10-things-i-know-about-estate-planning