A 77-room Holiday Inn Express opened last month on Route 20, and as soon as September, work will begin on a new building with 28 hotel rooms at the Publick House.
The office vacancy rate for the MetroWest 'boroughs -- Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, Marlborough -- and surrounding towns hit 20 percent in the second quarter.
Voters statewide approved a new law legalizing recreational marijuana last November, but cities and towns aren't waiting for the legalization of pot shops to go into effect before taking action to delay or ban indefinitely any such stores.
A high-bay distribution facility completely leased to FedEx SmartPost was sold for $33 million in Northborough, according to the seller's representative and public records.
The vacancy rate for industrial space in the 'boroughs area of MetroWest -- Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, Marlborough -- hit an all-time low of 10.5 percent in the first quarter.
Constrained capital investment and a quiet global energy market contributed to a first quarter operating loss of $9.1 million for Northborough-based Aspen Aerogels, Inc.