Retail

Renew You MedSpa has received a $75,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.

Cannabis regulators voted Monday to overhaul their approach toward rolling out social consumption locations, sometimes referred to as marijuana cafes, that voters embraced in the 2016 ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana use.

Local brokers are optimistic they can fill that space as the industry experiences a post-COVID resurgence and innovative new concepts for retail space are hitting the marketplace.

Aeronaut Brewing and Julio’s Liquors announced that they’re collaborating on a new beer to be sold exclusively at the Westborough liquor store and on draught at Firefly’s BBQ in Marlborough. 

The more than 30-acre Twin City Shopping Center off of Route 2 on the Fitchburg-Leominster border has been sold to a Boston investment firm for $24 million.

Middleborough-based Christmas Tree Shops may be preparing to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.

The BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings board of directors named president & CEO Bob Eddy as chairman of the board effective June 15.

The Herb Chambers Cos. has opened a Lincoln dealership at the former location of Herb Chambers Nissan at 75 Otis St. in Westborough.

Centage, a Framingham-based financial planning and analysis software company, was acquired by Scaleworks, a San-Antonio venture equity firm. Tech veteran Peter Messana will replace John Murdock as president & CEO.

As downtown revitalization efforts in Fitchburg are beginning to materialize, two pairs of local business owners opened new restaurants on Main Street in March and April.