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

🔒WBJ landlord seeks to convert Shrewsbury St. building into 44 apartments

The owners of a three-story brick building on Shrewsbury Street are looking to convert the building into a 44-unit apartment complex.

Real Estate

🔒Wormtown Brewery landlord to develop 80-unit affordable housing complex in West Boylston

Worcester-based Branded Realty Group is developing a mixed-use site in West Boylston into a three-building site featuring...

Arts & Entertainment

🔒Sandy Dunn to retire as head of DCU Center

Dunn and one other long-term DCU Center leader are calling it a career.

Manufacturing

🔒Trump Administration cuts $110M in funding for Westborough firm’s Kentucky plant

The funding cuts are the latest obstacle related to the Kentucky project Ascend will need to overcome.

Real Estate

🔒Lowe’s shopping center in Framingham sold for $33M

The site of a Lowe’s in Framingham near the Shoppers World shopping center has been sold for $32.6 million to a Boston-based real estate firm.

Banking & Finance

🔒Worcester energy company expands through acquisition of Norwell firm

After a private equity firm became its majority owner in February, Worcester-based electrical contractor and energy solutions company Commonwealth Electrical Technologies has acquired NuWave Energy Solutions in Norwell.

Retail

🔒German discount grocer ALDI opening sixth location in Central Mass.

German discount supermarket chain ALDI is growing its presence in Central Massachusetts.

Banking & Finance

🔒Longtime Worcester wealth manager co-founds new business downtown

After nearly two decades at the Worcester office of Wells Fargo Advisors, former branch manager Robert Cotter has teamed up with fellow former Wells Fargo advisor Chris Roering to launch their own Worcester-based wealth management firm.

Economy

🔒Q&A: Tariffs on Canadian steel are putting a Northbridge manufacturer at a competitive disadvantage to China, Europe

Riverdale Mills CEO Jim Knott Jr. sat down with WBJ to explain, whatever their intent, Trump’s tariffs are making business more difficult for this 45-year-old firm.

Education

🔒Accessing a vocation: As vocational-technical schools rise in popularity, limited space raises concerns over who gets to attend

For those who are able to grab a seat at the voc-tech table, the schools learned can provide lifetime value, even if students don’t end up spending the rest of their working lives in the field they studied,

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