Thomas Grillo

The new 10,255-square-foot Burger King project on Route 9 in Westborough will not only be home for the Whopper with a drive through. It will also include a Starbucks with a drive-through, and ConvenientMD Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinic, according to the Westborough Assessor’s Office.

There were no movie stars, but Thursday’s debut of the Worcester Public Market looked more like a Hollywood premiere. The searchlights could be seen a mile from Green Street in Kelley Square in the city’s Canal District.

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

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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…

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.

Home sellers in Framingham and Hudson were the big winners this year, according to new data from The Warren Group, the Peabody-based real estate market tracker. Sales volume and prices in both communities have risen for the first 11 months of this year compared to 2018.

The owner of the former Worcester County Courthouse said construction of the $54-million apartment complex in the shuttered courthouse has reached the halfway mark.

PrismHR, a Hopkinton-based payroll and human resources software provider, announced Stone Point Capital LLC has purchased a majority stake in the tech company.

Senior housing developer considers suing the city of Worcester in Land Court over the Planning Board’s rejection of 123-unit project on Salisbury Street.

Central Massachusetts’ fifth largest accounting firm is growing.

From January through October, the number of two- and three-family homes sold in Worcester increased by 7% compared to the same period a year ago.

The Fitchburg City Council eliminated the split-tax rate where commercial property owners pay a higher rate than residential property owners.

Office vacancies in Worcester increased slightly in the third quarter, but that didn’t stop rents from rising.