Real Estate

The demand for voke/tech schools grows as students focus on on-the-job training and the region attempts to close the skills gap.

Central Massachusetts' rapidly growing startup and craftsman culture has created a need for more collaborative spaces, like incubators, accelerators and coworking spaces.

The Worcester Branch of the NAACP has put its weight behind an effort to require companies receiving a Tax Increment Financing deal from the city to hire more people of color, women and low-income employees to full-time positions.

In the ongoing saga of the cleanup of the contaminated location of the new maintenance facility site for the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA), it was announced Thursday that the state will be contributing an additional $3 million towards decontaminating the site.

A new program would allow thousands of community college students to earn four-year degrees through rebates on tuition and fees and costs protected from annual increases after a student enrolls.

State funding of $40 million pledged to a high-tech fabrics institute still require legislative approval.

The downtown revitalization plan designed to guide the Worcester's development efforts over the next 20 years has been released by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority, covering over 118 acres of land including some that can be taken from owners by eminent domain.

Worcester property management firm Glickman Kovago & Jacobs Management announced Tuesday the company will take over the management of 85 Prescott St., which has been renovated.

A commercially-zoned lot and building in Harvard have been sold for $600,000.

Niche Hospitality will open its new location for the Fix Burger Bar in the former Northworks Bar & Grille space this June.