Eric Casey

Eric Casey covers manufacturing and real estate for the Worcester Business Journal. He previously ran Burn After Reading, an online publication focusing on the cannabis industry. He has also formerly had freelance work published in outlets including Worcester Magazine and Different Leaf Magazine. Eric is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he studied history and political science. He grew up in Marlborough and is currently a resident of Worcester.

Real Estate

Downtown Worcester apartments at center of CitySquare redevelopment sold for $122M

A key part of the City Square Development has been sold to a Boston-based firm for $122.2 million.

Education

🔒‘We will survive’: Fresh off achieving a research milestone, WPI looks to navigate turbulent waters as Trump slashes federal research funding

Worcester Polytechnic Institute reached a significant milestone in February, when it received Research 1 status. Of course, now is anything but a normal time in the world of academic research.

Economy

🔒What’s with all the new fried chicken restaurants?

The fried-chicken trend first became a topic of popular discussion in 2019, the year Miami-based Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen debuted its fried chicken sandwich. Since then, the interest in fried chicken has only grown, bringing along a flood of chicken-focused fast-casual restaurants.

Economy

Marlborough insurance software firm names new CEO, chief innovation officer

OneShield, a Marlborough-based insurance software firm, is looking to enter its next phase of growth after appointing a new CEO and creating the new role of chief innovation officer.

Education

WPI receives $396K from NSF for water treatment study

Teng expects this new technology will be more effective than current chemical-based methods.

Arts & Entertainment

Webster bowling alley to be sold to Ryan Family Amusements

Current staff members will retain their jobs, no lanes will be removed, and Ryan Family Amusements will not be switching the ten-pin lanes to string pinsetters, according to the Facebook post.

Government & Politics

Framingham contractor relocating headquarters to Class A building

J.F. White Contracting Co. is moving its Framingham headquarters down the road from its current location.

Agriculture

Old Sturbridge Village merges with historic RI farm

Located in the town of Bristol, Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay, Coggeshall Farm Museum is a 48-acre living history museum.

Economy

Feud between Market Basket board, CEO escalates as two longtime executives fired

After weeks of relative calm, a power struggle over control of Tyngsborough-based supermarket chain Market Basket has escalated, after the company’s board fired two longtime executives who have sided with suspended CEO and President Arthur T. Demoulas.

Manufacturing

Herb Chambers offloads 10 Central Mass. facilities as part of larger $1.5B sale to Atlanta firm

The Herb Chambers Cos., the Somerville-based automotive retail and service firm with ten locations in Central Massachusetts, has finalized its sale to Atlanta-based Asbury Automotive Group for $1.45 billion.

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