Greater Worcester

Capital Group Properties of Southborough has agreed to purchase 8.5-acres of land for an undisclosed amount in Shrewsbury for an affordable housing development, the company said.

A $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers to test a plant-based therapy WPI is developing for the treatment of malaria.

Casey Storage Solutions will add a fifth Central Massachusetts location, with plans to build a new facility on Route 9 in Shrewsbury.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is slated to become one of the first schools in The United States to offer an online master's degree in electrical and computer engineering.

Pending single-family sales in Central Massachusetts increased in June, according to the state's Realtors' group, while confidence among its members statewide declined.

VitaThreads, a life sciences firm founded in 2012 by two Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) professors, said its signature product has passed a milestone after its testing in animals.

Wormtown Brewery of Worcester has been named grand national champion of this year's United States Open Beer Championship, a contest in which brewers vie for honors in 81 different categories.

Professional business services firm Marsh & McLennan, which has an office in Worcester, has named insurance industry executive Jerry Alderman as president of its New England property and casualty division.

Central Massachusetts is seen as an emerging leader in manufacturing, life sciences and health care in a recent report released by Citizens Bank.

Worcester-based Fallon Health has named two new executives to lead the health care services and insurance company's senior care services and government programs divisions.