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lovely Sepia tones curtesy of Canadian wildfires

Menkiti is converting the upper floors of the Shacks building into 48 apartments, 5 of those affordable. I think the attached building on Mechanic Street is part of the plan:

The owners of the restaurant who were a holdout a few years ago, forcing the current large development to not extend all the way to Green Street, are evidently ready to sell now.

I think the only member with those powers that’s still active in this forum Is @BeeLine :)

https://www.masslive.com/centralmass/2026/06/chinese-bio-firm-resumes-construction-on-worcester-location-with-new-end-date.html 2018 announcement, new 2028 completion date. I’m thinking WuXi is using this as some kind of tax write off or it’s somehow enabling it to do business in the US.

Yesterday:

[Insert joke about stripper pole playground here]

I missed my big 2-0

Glad that corner is being built up. Architecturally it complements the Homewood suites on the other side. Just surprised not to see an additional floor on this small parcel.

That studio plan makes me feel claustrophobic. I’m imagining being sequestered there for a considerable amount of time January through April, looking at my stove.

They can sell it as “Views onto the Port of Worcester from every unit”