Auburn

The Auburn Mall Sears and The Mall at Whitney Field Sears in Leominster will be closed by February of next year as Sears, now owned by Illinois holding company Transformco, sheds over 40% of its Sears and Kmart locations around the country.

Olympia Sports has begun the closing sales of 76 stores with $44 million in inventory, including five in Central Massachusetts, as the acquisition of the Maine company by sports retailer JackRabbit moves forward.

This year's outstanding women in business honorees are leaders in their field and mentors to those advancing their careers.

Solar Wolf Energy will purchase the former Cabot House Furniture location in Auburn in an expansion where the company will add 40 employees.

Clothing retailer Forever 21, with three Central Massachusetts locations, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and could close as many as 178 U.S. stores and more than 300 overall. 

A 56-acre property that's sat unutilized on Route 20 in Auburn despite high visibility from the Massachusetts Turnpike is now headed to auction.

The financial institution Webster Five is leaving its headquarters in Webster and planning an extensive redesign of a former Reliant Medical Group facility after purchasing the Auburn property for $2.75 million.

New England utility company Eversource has purchased three parcels in an Auburn business park for just over $9 million.

Taunton beer distributor Quality Beverage is acquiring Chicopee’s Williams Distributing to become the largest independent beer supplier in the state and the leading distributor of Anheuser-Bush InBev products.

On May 1, Chief Operating Officer James McCarthy took over as president and CEO of construction firm R.H. White Cos.