Retail

With national retailer Bed Bath & Beyond declaring bankruptcy on Sunday, the owners of shopping plazas may have a challenge in filling the large spaces left empty.

A corner retail property at 169 Shrewsbury St. in Worcester was sold at the end of March for $975,000.

The Kane Building once housed the Olympic Trophy, now it may be home to 20 new apartment units and a restored façade if The Menkiti Group gets approval from the Worcester Planning Board.

A Springfield developer is proposing a new 2,398-square-foot Starbucks store at 105-117 Stafford St. in Worcester with a drive through, which could be the seventh location in the city for the Seattle-based coffee chain.

DTiQ in Framingham has selected John Donnelly to the newly created role of chief revenue officer. 

A New Hampshire storage company is proposing the redevelopment of a vacant portion of a retail plaza at 380-510 John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg.

An entity registered to a Long Island real estate investor purchased a Stop & Shop-anchored real estate plaza for $22 million, less than two years after it was sold for $17.2 million.

As construction for a new public-safety building nears completion in Ashland, the Town is seeking proposals to fill its soon-to-be-vacant fire station at 151 Main St. with what it hopes will become a draw for residents and visitors.

TidePool Bookshop opened in September 2020 after months of delays thanks to COVID-19. Now, two years later, they have a busy store with a growing number of events and an expanding catalog of books.

There didn’t seem to be any empty seats in the Clark University classroom on the afternoon of Valentine’s Day for Episode 4.5 of Lawrence Norman’s class.