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The cannabis entrepreneur duo who announced plans in the fall to expand their cannabis microbusiness into a former chocolate store in Hopedale has sold the property where they were planning to do business.

A property on Worcester’s Fremont Street, which is part of a marijuana cultivation project, sold for $2 million in a deal closed Friday, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

On Monday, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed Sarah Kim as the interim chairman of the state Cannabis Control Commission, one week after former CCC Chairman Steven Hoffman abruptly resigned from the state body. 

Charlton-based Tree House Brewing Co. is purchasing Tewksbury Country Club, a 50-acre golf course and events venue in Northeastern Massachusetts, the brewery announced on its website on Friday.

Worcester’s first kombucha taproom is slated to open at 3 Brussels St., thanks to license board approval on Thursday.

A Worcester developer has plans to demolish a Franklin Street restaurant and redevelop the site into a 24-unit apartment complex, according to a proposal submitted to the Worcester Planning Board.

The property at 2 Mercantile St. in Worcester, which includes The Mercantile rooftop restaurant that opened in April, sold for $5.55 million on Wednesday.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

Friday is the last day to submit nominations for Worcester Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty Award.

Lighthouse Biz Solutions, LLC, a cannabis financial services subsidiary of GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, appointed Melissa Maranda as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer.