As 2023 comes to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the major business stories that impacted the key industries of Central Massachusetts over the past year.
Real estate
- Clark University seeks to demolish entire Main South block for large student housing complex
- Worcester City Council approves less-restrictive inclusionary zoning requirement for new developments
- More than a dozen Cumberland Farms properties sold in Central Mass. for $73M as Calif. firm begins $1.5B East Coast expansion
Health care
- UMass Memorial Health exploring merger with Milford Regional hospital
- After letting CEO go, Heywood Hospital stops construction on $29M surgical pavilion
- Framingham nurses seek to join Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union
Higher education
- Nichols College president resigns amid investigation into Coast Guard misconduct
- Report: UMass Chan generates $2.2B for Mass. economy
- Holy Cross, WPI team up to offer combined master’s degrees
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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- After turmoil caused by allegations of racism, Girls Inc. of Worcester picks new CEO
- Worcester State names daughter of Malcolm X as inaugural DEI fellow
- Report: Mass. cannabis business ownership is less diverse than national average
Manufacturing
- Moderna expanding to Marlborough, investing $322M in biomanufacturing facility
- Jack’s Abby joins top 50 producers list for American craft breweries
- Table Talk names new president as Kokkinis becomes chairman
Cannabis
- Audit: $10M in potentially unsafe cannabis product sold to Massachusetts consumers
- After months of turmoil, Cannabis Commission leader officially announces resignation
- Adult-use Mass. marijuana establishments surpass $5B in gross sales
Life sciences
- FDA signs off on Bristol Myers Squibb’s latest Devens biomanufacturing venture
- UMass Chan to lay off 36 from Boston vaccine division
- Mustang Bio sells Worcester facility for $11M, to transfer manufacturing operations
- Pilot biomanufacturing lab opens at MBI
- With $45M in property sales complete, massive Westborough life sciences park set to move forward
