Auburn

The number of Worcester County home sales saw a 35% decline year-over-year in November while there was a 30% decline in the number of sales statewide, as Massachusetts prices hit their lowest level of increase in two years.

The Julia Bancroft Apartments, a 60-unit mixed-income development for seniors 62 and older, is opening at 3 Vinal St. in Auburn.

WBJ is conducting its annual Economic Forecast survey, gauging readers' opinions about what 2023 will bring. Those who fill out the survey by Dec. 19 will be eligible to win one of three $50 gift cards.

Voting for the WBJ’s 2023 Best of Business awards, which seeks to highlight institutions throughout Central Massachusetts based on reader votes, will close this coming Monday, Nov. 14.

Each one of these winners is a gold mine in how to improve your business and your life.

Boston-based Safety Insurance Group Inc. announced Thursday its intention to acquire Northeast-MetroWest Insurance Agency, which has offices in Westborough and Auburn.

A 46,000-square-foot industrial building along Route 20 in Auburn, sold in March for $4.8 million, has been leased to Indiana manufacturer OTECH Corp., according to Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates of Worcester, which brokered the lease and the sale.

Maine-based engineering firm Haley Ward Inc. continues to pursue its growth strategy with the acquisition of Lenard Engineering Inc., a multi-discipline engineering and environmental firm headquartered in Glastonbury, Conn., with offices in Auburn, Mass.

Lundgren Equity Partners LLC of Auburn is proposing a 200,000-square-foot, seven-story multifamily high rise at 225 Shrewsbury St. in Worcester.

A 5,200 square foot industrial building at 7 Saint Mark Street in Auburn, sold to Turnpike Developments LLC of Sutton by Johnson Pleasant Realty LLC of Auburn for $690,000.