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WBJ Podcast: Why Webster Five backed a $4M restaurant during the pandemic

At the end of July, the Mercantile Center in downtown Worcester announced Webster Five Bank had provided $4.2 million in financing for the center to create a space for the Broadway Hospitality Group to launch a two-story, rooftop restaurant.

Christopher Watson, the senior business lending officer and senior vice president for Webster Five PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER WATSON

Christopher Watson, the senior business lending officer and senior vice president for Webster Five, discussed why the bank decided to move forward in back a high-end restaurant during a time in which the coronavirus pandemic has upended the hospitality industry.

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