Retail

What is the name of the Shrewsbury Street restaurant housed inside a Worcester Lunch Car Co. diner?

Four entities connected with Brady Sullivan Properties, a property manager and developer in Manchester, New Hampshire, have purchased two lots, including a shopping center on the Fitchburg, Lunenburg border, for a total of $7 million.

What Worcester dessert manufacturer once sold its pies on a reusable plate, where customers paid a 5-cent deposit refundable upon its return?

AKROS Development of Boston is proposing a 90,000-square-foot mixed-use skyscraper with 105 apartments at the former site of Fairway Beef, which operated in the Canal District for 75 years.

Lundgren Equity Partners LLC of Auburn is proposing a 200,000-square-foot, seven-story multifamily high rise at 225 Shrewsbury St. in Worcester.

MassDevelopment has promoted Ivette Olmeda to Transformative District Initiative senior fellow and will work a three-year stint in Worcester’s Pleasant Street district.

Two mixed-use parcels on Central Street in Gardner sold for $2.3 million on Thursday to a Shirley limited liability corporation, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

The Shaking Crab, a Newton-based, cajun-inspired seafood restaurant, is seeking to open a location at 554 Main St. in Worcester, according to the City of Worcester License Commission.

Wonder Products of Sterling, has been approved by the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg for a $50,000 loan.

The average price of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts continues to drop, hitting $4.06, down 10 cents from last week, according to travel association AAA Northeast.