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Shoppers World, a shopping center on the border of Framingham and Natick, has been sold for $187.13 million to...

Working for Worcester (W4W), a student-run nonprofit started at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, will construct a playground on Saturday at Union Hill School, a public elementary school in the city. This construction marks the organization’s first playground build outside of its annual Build Day event, typically held in April.

Boston real estate firm WinnDevelopment announced on Thursday that it would proceed with the redevelopment of a 93-year-old former Boys Club property in Worcester into 80 units of affordable housing for residents 55 and older.

A 1.2-acre industrial property in Littleton was sold to a limited liability corporation registered to the owners of Ferreira’s Towing in Chelmsford.

BPI Construction Management, a Framingham-based company, has been fined $926,898 by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for violations of the Massachusetts False Claims Acts.

Eric Casey, a Worcester-based reporter who most recently founded the publication Burn After Reading to cover the cannabis industry, has been hired as the newest staff writer at Worcester Business Journal.

As lawmakers look at regulating building and infrastructure materials in pursuit of the state's emission reduction goals, the concrete industry wants to been seen as a partner, not a foe, in the effort to make Massachusetts greener.

With the state's emergency assistance shelter system expected to "imminently" hit the 7,500-family cap that Gov. Maura Healey has said it is subject to, housing vouchers are being extended to 1,200 families and Emergency Assistance Director Lt. General Scott Rice detailed other steps the state is taking and the changes it is making to prepare.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded $2.1 million to local nonprofits as part of its community grants program. A total of 148 nonprofits serving the Greater Worcester community will share the funding, a majority of which is non restricted dollars.

The City of Worcester has issued a request for proposals for a property in Worcester's Main South neighborhood it would like to see developed into a light manufacturing facility.