Despite declining vacancy levels and rising rent, Central Massachusetts real estate investors still aren't looking to build or renovate commercial and industrial properties without a tenant, local brokers say.
The developer of the prospective slots parlor in Leominster will be required to negotiate a surrounding community agreement with the town of Bolton, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission decided Thursday.
The Bay State's housing market continued its upward climb in October as the number of pending single-family home sales – those scheduled to close within the next several months – rose for the eighth straight month, according to the state's Realtors' group.
Massachusetts has come to be known as the Hollywood of the East, but it's been lacking one crucial element: a professional film studio where crews can shoot indoor scenes with all the necessary equipment on hand.
That changed this fall when New England Studios finally launched in Devens. A project six years in the making, New England Studios may be the key to acheiving what Massachusetts economic development leaders hoped for when they designed film tax credits to lure the industry here: a new destination for the film industry.
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired Christina M. Andreoli as vice president, a newly-created position the chamber said will free up chamber President Timothy Murray to focus fully on strategy.
Lexington-based Evergreen Village Collaborative has been selected by MassDevelopment to build 120 housing units in the Grant Road neighborhood of Devens, the state agency announced.