Hospitality

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On Nov. 3, New England Botanic Garden was honored as the first botanic garden in the nation to be certified a Green Zone by the American Green Zone Alliance, as the Boylston garden is now performing all routine maintenance with electric lawn and garden equipment. 

Worcester restaurant Maddi’s Cookery and Taphouse, the second location from the owner of the Depot Street Tavern in Milford, will close on Saturday, becoming the fifth Canal District eatery to close in a few months.

Redemption Rock Brewing Co. in Worcester and Dorchester Brewing Co. in Boston collaborated on a new beer to benefit veteran-focused nonprofits in their communities.

Worcester’s Smokestack Urban BBQ is the latest Canal District restaurant to announce closure or sale since late summer, following The Hangover Pub and Broth, PreGamers Sports Bar and Grill, and Buck’s Whiskey & Burger Bar, which was sold.

Newton hospitality investment firm JNR Management Inc. purchased the 125-room Residence Inn Boston Framingham from Philadelphia-based APEX Capital Investments Corp.

A Boston developer is proposing to demolish a former Volvo dealership at 70 Gold Star Boulevard in Worcester to build a new retail plaza anchored by legendary North Shore eatery Kelly’s Roast Beef and urgent-care clinic ConvenientMD.

Gourmet Caterers of Boston has purchased Peppers Artful Events of Northborough from the wife-and-husband team who’ve run the high-profile catering company for 35 years.

Sean “Diddy” Combs – the rapper, businessman, and producer – is buying three cannabis businesses in Worcester and Leicester, as part of a $185-million deal to buy 12 marijuana locations in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. provided a $125,000 loan to help the owners of Crust Bakeshop fund the purchase of BirchTree Bread Co., as part of a larger financing package from TD Bank of New Jersey.