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.

Government & Politics

Two apartments, retail space planned for narrow Harding Street building

A distinct Worcester building on Harding Street that is over 123-years-old and just 19 feet wide could see new life as a multi-use space featuring a retail storefront and two apartment units.

Government & Politics

Site of former Worcester Italian restaurant planned for 26-unit apartment redevelopment

The former site of an Italian restaurant on Franklin Street in Worcester could soon be the location of a 26-unit apartment building.

Education

Child care center, office planned for Worcester parcel currently owned by Boy Scouts

A developer is planning on building a child care center and a small office building at a site on Plantation Street in Worcester, adjacent to the Coal Mine Brook and an off-ramp for Interstate 290.

Arts & Entertainment

Development planned for former Table Talk Pies site, key to funding Polar Park, having difficulty raising financing

A property that is set to play a role in helping the City of Worcester pay off debt associated with the construction of Polar Park is facing delays.

Government & Politics

Marlborough luxury apartment complex sold for $95M to New York firm

A luxury apartment complex situated near Route 495 in Marlborough has been sold for $95 million.

Government & Politics

Mason Street multifamily housing developers slash number of proposed affordable units

Updated documents submitted to the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals did not offer any details explaining why the original plan of making all of the units affordable was abandoned.

Banking & Finance

North Grafton dispensary, CEO sued for alleged lack of repayment for $100K loan

Another Central Massachusetts cannabis company is in hot water over debt, as Grafton-based dispensary Discern'd Cannabis Purveyors has been sued for allegedly failing to make payments on a $100,000 loan.

Health Care

Natick investment firm raises $260M for life science companies

ORI shares a Natick office with AffyImmune Therapeutics, a company in ORI’s portfolio that received $30 million from the firm in 2021.

Government & Politics

Central Mass. home sales continued decline in January, even as state sees first increase since 2021

Worcester saw 55 single-family home sales in January, 11 fewer than the city saw in January 2023.

Arts & Entertainment

Mechanics Hall to unveil portraits honoring Black Americans in March

The Worcester County Mechanics Association, which owns Mechanics Hall, decided in September 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd and the ensuing racial reckoning to put prominent Black Americans in the Great Hall, which previously only featured white men and women.

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