Worcester Business Development Corp.

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

Framingham-based social service organization United Way of Tri-County received a $200,000 donation on Tuesday from the Clinton-based Nypro Foundation to expand its food pantry and hot meals program in Clinton. 

Youth and magnetism seem like two great qualities to have in a city, but Worcester’s growing young population and stiff competition for real estate create problems city leaders must solve, in order for them to keep attracting people to the city.

Leominster-based public relations firm empHowered PR is opening its second location at the Worcester Idea Lab on Franklin Street, its first move beyond its North Central Massachusetts headquarters.

Webster developer Galaxy Life Sciences purchased the final three lots at The Reactory biomanufacturing campus on Belmont Street in Worcester for $4 million on Thursday.

An 87,564-square-foot office building and associated parking lots in Worcester were sold for $18.3 million on Friday, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Informal meetings take place across Worcester everyday with the express goal of uplifting a Gateway City on the brink of larger economic and cultural significance.

A nearly 10-acre plot of developable land in Grafton’s technology park CenTech Park, sold for $3.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Strong fundamentals, committed leadership, anchoring institutions, vibrant culture, and untapped potential: Bo Menkiti’s five reasons for why Worcester, why now.

In Worcester Business Journal's annual list of the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy, the Power 50, one-third of those listed have ties to the manufacturing industry.