December 29, 2023
The biggest news of 2023 for seven key Central Mass. industries
Photo | Matt Wright
Joseph Corazzini, Clark’s vice president for government and community affairs, spoke extensively with business owners and community members in preparation for the student housing project.
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
- 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
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