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As we look forward to the best for 2025, I’d like to take this moment to reflect back on 2024 and highlight some of what WBJ offered last year.

In December 2023, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.

Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.

Central Massachusetts business leaders generally feel good about the economy, although they don’t feel great about it.

The Worcester Memorial Auditorium, colloquially known as the Aud, has sat vacant for the past 25 years.

Converting big-box retail spaces has become increasingly necessary as digital retail impacts demand.

This directory is a list of business and industrial park throughout Central Mass. including in Devens, Framingham, and Grafton.

There have been some bright spots, but vacancies and empty pad sites remain.

Some of Worcester’s proposed housing projects falling by the wayside isn’t helping the region’s housing crisis.

With high-potential inventory in Worcester drying up, investors in smaller multi-family properties are casting a wider net to find parcels with promise.