Sept. 7, 2026 - Worcester Business Journal

Real Estate

Real Estate Insider Briefs for Sept. 7, 2026

Boston-based King Street Properties has completed a new 275,000-square-foot manufacturing building at the KSP Pathway Campus.

Real Estate

🔒 Small changes, big impact: Quiet state budget provisions could reshape housing development

A little-noticed set of amendments buried in the state's fiscal 2027 budget could be one of the most consequential changes to Massachusetts zoning law in decades.

Professional Services

🔒 Worcester law firm tackles a wave of successions with strategic planning and an assist from AI

Mirick began preparing for this wave of retirements roughly five years ago, said Power and Chief Human Resources Officer Betsy Landry, building on lessons already learned managing attorney succession.

Real Estate

WBJ announces inaugural Real Estate Awards

If you know who is buying, selling, leasing, building, closing, and demolishing in Central Massachusetts, you have a strong understanding of the region’s economy and the direction it’s headed.

Banking & Finance

🔒 Doing well by doing good: Central Mass. is home to six companies who have become Certified B Corporations

Becoming a Certified B Corporation can require months of work, legal changes, and buy-in throughout a company.

Startups

🔒 Business Starts for Sept. 7, 2026

In May, 1,410 new businesses filed incorporation paperwork with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, in order to do business in the state.

Movers & Shakers

🔒 Movers & Shakers for Sept. 7, 2026

Twenty-five professionals have graduated from the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce’s 2026 Community Leadership Institute.

News

From the Editor: Farewell, Central Mass. business community

The Central Massachusetts economy has many strengths, but its true strength lies in its people.

Advice

101: The three most important leadership skills

There are countless qualities that create a great leader. It can be overwhelming to try and perfect all the characteristics of a good manager.

Retail

🔒 Q&A with C.C. Lowell: ‘I’d like it to be around for another 175 years.’

Founded in 1852, C.C. Lowell Art Supply has been providing fine art supplies to generations of artists and creators.

Banking & Finance

🔒 Lifeward CEO and CFO departing amid company’s cash crunch

Lifeward has announced the departure of its CEO and CFO, as the Hudson medical device manufacturer said its current cash resources are insufficient to fund planned operations over the next year.

Manufacturing

David Clark Co. moves into new Worcester headquarters

Longtime Worcester aerospace manufacturer David Clark Co. has a new home.

Sept. 7, 2026Edition

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