Worcester Infill and Small Developments

[cubalibre]

South Division Fire Station

https://www.worcesterma.gov/sites/default/files/bids/WSDFSP%2090_%20Design%20Development%20Set%20%282%29.pdf

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51 Providence St Approved by ZBA

 

[Arenacale]

I just like the headline: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/06/12/daycare-owners-buy-former-strip-club.html

 

[cubalibre]

I just like the headline: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/06/12/daycare-owners-buy-former-strip-club.html

[Insert joke about stripper pole playground here]

 

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51 Providence St Approved by ZBA

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Oh sweet. This was Worcester Academy's old alumni house.

 

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Oh sweet. This was Worcester Academy's old alumni house.

I think they started construction of some new faculty housing on campus somewhere

 

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Was hoping for something with more height and retail on this corner

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worcesterma.primegov.com

 

[cubalibre]

It’s a nice building, I took a photo back in January during the exterior restoration. Nitpick: An employee-less BofA service center at this spot won’t help revitalizing Main Street. Same issue with the 7-Eleven closing down at the corner of Franklin Street, being replaced by a Santander branch

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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: