Retail

After more than 60 years in business, Leo's Ristorante in Worcester has started bottling and selling its family-secret salad dressing following years of customer demand. 

Acton Plaza has been sold to New York real estate firm for $38 million.

Framingham-based retail parent TJX Cos. has further expanded its global presence with the purchase of a 35% stake in Brands for Less, a Dubai-headquartered off-price clothing, apparel, and toy retailer.

This year’s winners were chosen from 398 nominations submitted for 221 professionals in 2023 and 2024.

A 10,000-square-foot retail building in Natick has been purchased by the operators of a number of The Learning Experience daycare centers in Massachusetts, as the company seeks to open its first location in the town.

Boston-based automotive dealership Herb Chambers has opened its relocated Sudbury Mercedes-Benz dealership featuring an updated and enhanced aesthetic aimed at providing a more luxurious experience for shoppers. 

With two of the seven commercial spaces in the building now with tenants, 14,418 square feet of space in The Revington remains available.

A California-based chicken restaurant chain undergoing rapid expansion – with rapper Drake among its investors – has its sights on opening a Worcester location. 

The site of a proposed five-story, mixed-use building in downtown Marlborough has been purchased by a firm involved in the proposal for $3 million.

Two lawsuits by former employees of the dispensary accuse the company of a number of wrongdoings.