Chip Norton

Norton’s use of personal guaranties for business dealings potentially throws the future of key Downtown Worcester properties into question. 

Planet Fitness is expanding its Worcester presence to Downtown after inking a 12-year lease at the Mercantile Center.

An empty retail space at Worcester’s Mercantile Center has been transformed into an immersive experience featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh.

Like so many of the nation’s indoor shopping centers, the Galleria slowly died over the 20 years after it opened. Today, the former mall space is known as CitySquare.

Worcester has a hodgepodge of branded office towers resulting from the shifting office market, acquisitions, and a move to work-from-home policies.

What is the official name of the building at 67 Millbrook St., the former home of both Bay State Automobile Co. and the Thom McAn shoe company?

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.

The Mercantile restaurant saw plenty of glitz and glamor as it debuted its second-floor rooftop deck and bar on Thursday, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the downtown restaurant’s expansion. 

Thanks to a 14% growth in population over the last decade, Worcester has begun attracting a flurry of ambitious developers, mostly from the east, who are looking to be a part of the city’s evolution.

Developer Chip Norton announced two large-scale projects in downtown Worcester on Friday, including a 150-unit apartment building and 125-room hotel.