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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.

🔒What’s becoming of Chip Norton’s Worcester properties?

Four months after Charles “Chip” Norton filed for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the prominent Worcester properties he was once the face of, as the managing director of Franklin Realty Advisors, have seemingly moved on without him.

🔒Tech support: Community banks are partnering with fintechs to deliver a competitive mobile banking experience while keeping the human touch

In 2012, a WBJ review found less than half of Central Massachusetts banking institutions had a mobile...

🔒Former Whole Foods plaza in Wayland to feature event hall, restaurants, Terrain store following $7M sale

Framingham-based Grossman Development Group purchased the former site of a Whole Foods in Wayland for $6.68 million,...

🔒MassDevelopment, feds provide $38M to preserve 73 affordable Worcester apartments

The combined $38 million in financing will be used to renovate and preserve 73 units of affordable housing located in 16 buildings.
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🔒Worcester landlord adds two more multifamily properties to growing portfolio

Real estate developer Michael Ermani has added two more properties to his portfolio, with multi-family purchases in...

🔒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.

🔒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...

🔒Sandy Dunn to retire as head of DCU Center

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

🔒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.
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