Timothy Doyle

A six-story building featuring commercial space and 40 apartments was approved by the Framingham Planning Board at its Sept. 21 meeting.

The nonprofit Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District renewed its mandate for five years, beginning on July 1.

Boston-based developer GFI Partners has purchased 221 acres of industrial-zoned land at 241 Sturbridge Road in Charlton for $8.3 million. The Town approved a plan for a 1.4-million square-foot warehouse at the site in 2021.

The need for growth is forcing Clark to expand, but the university is taking steps to be a good neighbor through thoughtful development and attempts to continue to integrate itself in the community with which it has been entwined since 1887.

Prime Power Rentals of Millbury led the Central Massachusetts contingency of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.

An affiliate of Sutton’s Rock & Recycling Equipment purchased its business location it had been leasing, at 79 Worcester-Providence Turnpike in Sutton.

The City of Worcester has issued a request for proposals for a property in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood it would like to see developed into a light manufacturing facility.

An anonymous donor granted the nonprofit Worcester Chamber Music Society $1 million over five years to expand its youth education program, Neighborhood Strings.

A 1.2-acre industrial property in Littleton was sold to a limited liability corporation registered to the owners of Ferreira’s Towing in Chelmsford.

Boston real estate firm WinnDevelopment announced on Thursday that it would proceed with the redevelopment of a 93-year-old former Boys Club property in Worcester into 80 units of affordable housing for residents 55 and older.