Back in the glory days of cheap loans and cheaper construction costs it was a residential conversion project. 312 apartments would have made a nice dent. But then interest rates and costs rose and it went the way of so many proposals from that era...
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.
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.
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.