Real Estate

Polar Views LLC completed another in a series of acquisitions along Worcester’s Chandler Street, with the purchase of a 22,000-square-foot commercial building and accompanying parking lot at 221 Chandler St. in Worcester.

The Imago School in Maynard purchased for $1.7 million the building it had been leasing for more than 25 years.

Three mixed-use properties in downtown Framingham, including the former Odd Fellows Hall, were sold to a Boston-based company for $5 million.

Travelers from Worcester Regional Airport will soon be able to fly direct with JetBlue to two new Florida destinations.

An index tracking confidence of Central Massachusetts business leaders dropped 1.9 points in March after a 1.5-point jump in February, while statewide the number also fell in March.

Massachusetts had one of the lowest rates of wealthy residents decamping for other states in the 2010s, according to a new report from a left-leaning think tank that argued it would be misguided to pursue tax cuts for wealthier households to stem a non-existent exodus.

A new Indian restaurant will open at 64 Water St. in Worcester’s Canal District, filling the space left by Maddi’s Cookery and TapHouse’s closure.

The Worcester Planning Board approved a six-story, 108-unit apartment and retail building to be built on a parking lot at 35 Portland St. in downtown Worcester.

The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District named Kate McEvoy and Joffrey Smith as new members of the organization’s board of directors.

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