While the statewide climb in prices was expected, the slight decline in total sales in both Central Massachusetts and the entire state was not foreseen.
The Michaels Organization, a New Jersey-based firm partnered with Worcester developer GoVenture Capital Group to construct a 364-unit apartment building on Franklin Street, has purchased the site.
The Center at Hobbs Brook at 100 Charlton Road, an open air shopping center with 231,197 square feet of leasable area, was sold in a deal finalized on April 1.
"I felt that if I was the judge, and I'm not, all they got is this crazy little trolley car. They don't have a train, they don't have bus access and stuff," Mariano told reporters Thursday.
A proposal to build a horse racing track and sports gambling bar at the site of a former Leominster landfill is receiving pushback from local residents.