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Highland Street bakery reopens following renovations
March 18, 2024Bean Counter Bakery Café, a business with locations in Worcester and Shrewsbury, has reopened its original Highland Street location following renovations.
March 18, 2024
Canal District Transformation, part 1: The rising value of the neighborhood
Updated: March 18, 2024Since the publicly owned Polar Park stadium opened in 2021, the value of the Canal District has risen at more than double the rate of the city, according to a WBJ analysis of more than 200 properties within the district.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Worcester property investor sells Shrewsbury Street parcel for $1.4M
March 11, 2024A Worcester investor has sold a Shrewsbury Street retail property for $1.4 million, less than a year after purchasing it for $975,000.
March 11, 2024
Cannabis regulators consider allowing dispensaries to sell lottery tickets, other non-cannabis products
March 5, 2024State law and the CCC's regulations neither explicitly allow nor prohibit licensed marijuana stores from selling Lottery tickets. But the CCC has, by policy, limited the non-marijuana items its retailers can sell to marijuana accessories like pipes
March 5, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Youngblood uses his marijuana business to drive social change
Updated: March 4, 2024In his own words, Ulysses Youngblood is relentless and obsessed. And those qualities have paid off for the entrepreneur. Just off Kelley Square, on a quiet street in Worcester's Green Island neighborhood, sits the fruits of years of his labor: Major
Updated: March 4, 2024
Crafting a future: Wachusett Brewing’s acquisition is the latest signal of change in the craft beer industry, but a collaborative spirit remains
Updated: February 19, 2024The simple narrative proclaiming the craft beer industry is dying may fit nicely into a headline or television news chyron, but it doesn’t begin to explain the complexities of the local craft beer space.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Controversial downtown Spencer CVS, historic site of President George Washington visit, sold to McDonald’s franchisee
February 16, 2024A petition against the project on Change.org received 415 signatures but complaints from locals failed to stop the project. Construction of the CVS was completed in 2023.
February 16, 2024
Trader Joe’s plaza in Acton bought for $21M by owner of Framingham Whole Foods center
February 12, 2024A shopping plaza in Acton featuring national brands including Trader Joe’s and Staples has been sold for $21 million.
February 12, 2024
Downtown Milford commercial building sold for 52% price increase after one year
February 12, 2024Current tenants at the site include Sal’s Upholstery and the Milford Performing Arts Center.
February 12, 2024
Steady, but too SLOW: Less than 16% of top executives and zero CEOs at major Central Mass. publicly traded companies are women
Updated: February 5, 2024The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.
Updated: February 5, 2024
A blue whale worth of weed: Mass. cannabis businesses sold record $1.8B in 2023
February 1, 2024The state's retailers sold 232,894 pounds worth of cannabis flower to recreational consumers in 2023, about the weight of the average blue whale.
February 1, 2024
Worcester bagel shop slated to move to Pleasant Street
January 29, 2024Bagel Time, a family-owned Worcester breakfast and lunch spot that operated out of a location on Park Avenue, appears set to move to the former Pleasant Street location of a fur clothing store.
January 29, 2024
Maker to Main to close permanently after 3+ years of operation
January 26, 2024Cheney was one of several small business owners who told WBJ in December the combined forces of lower consumer spending and higher costs were threatening the future of small businesses in Central Massachusetts.
January 26, 2024
After opening delivery center, Amazon mum on plans for two additional Westborough properties
January 11, 2024The Seattle-based retail giant bought two Friberg Parkway properties, along with a third facility in Grafton, for $26 million in 2022.
January 11, 2024
Best of Business 2024: Best Ways to Relax
Updated: January 8, 2024From the best places to golf and exercise to the best marijuana and beer companies, these six businesses provide the best ways to relax in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: January 8, 2024
Tree House fires back against minority owner’s lawsuit, saying he made $850K off $10K investment
December 29, 2023The majority owners of Charlton-based Tree House Brewing have responded to a November lawsuit filed by an individual with a minority stake in the company, claiming the passive investor has been well compensated for his initial $10,000 investment and
December 29, 2023
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