Thomas Grillo

Mack-Cali Realty Corp., the New Jersey parent company of the developer behind one of downtown Worcester’s highest-profile apartment complexes, is selling its 6.6-million-square-foot suburban office portfolio. The real estate investment trust said its shareholder committee and financial advisors recommended the move to maximize stockholder value.

A Central Massachusetts engineering and environmental consulting firm has acquired Halvorson Design, a Boston landscape architecture, planning and urban design company. Westfield-based Tighe & Bond, which has a Worcester office said the merger expands the geographic footprint, capabilities and secto…

Steven Bankert, who once owned Laundry World in Attleboro, Brockton, Lawrence and Worcester, will be sentenced on Feb. 7 after being found guilty for failure to file tax returns, according to Attorney General Maura Healey.

The Fitchburg Art Museum was a recipient of $690,000 in grants over the next three years to help reach a wider audience and fund a fellowship program.

Jason Palitsch, who has served as government affairs manager for Worcester nonprofit Veteran’s Inc. whose mission is to end homelessness among veterans, is the new executive director of the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership.

In a nationwide survey of how long people stay in their houses, Worcester ranked 10th with an average of 17 years. That’s up from nine years a decade ago, according to research by Redfin, the national Seattle-based real estate brokerage.

The number of commercial and industrial tax abatement applications and refunds continued to trend downwards in Worcester last year, according to data from the city’s Assessors’ Department.

In announcing the start of the WooSox Foundation, the Worcester Red Sox donated $25,000 to the Worcester Public Library and $40,000 to Worcester Public Schools.

Three months after Synergy Investments paid $16.5 million for the 24-story Worcester Plaza, the glass office tower in the downtown, the Boston developer is looking at other properties in the city.

Worcester’s CFO Thomas Zidelis, who has served for 32 years, plans to retire in March.