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]

 

[393b40]

51 Providence St Approved by ZBA

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

 

[ctsketch]

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

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

 

[ctsketch]

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:

 

[cubalibre]

Curtis Apartments redevelopment breaks ground on Phase 2 | The Worcester Guardian

New Economic Opportunity Center to bring housing, jobs, and community services under one roof

theworcesterguardian.org

lovely Sepia tones curtesy of Canadian wildfires

 

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Building Worcester: Grove Street plaza, GreenTech Park and Providence Street project move ahead | The Worcester Guardian

The Worcester Planning Board approved site plans for a Grove Street plaza anchored by CAVA and First Watch, the first tenant at GreenTech Park and a new 50-unit apartment building on Providence Street

theworcesterguardian.org

 

[393b40]

Hopefully the build out of the Providence street apartments kicks off cleanup and gentrification of that neighborhood.

 

[ctsketch]

Hopefully the build out of the Providence street apartments kicks off cleanup and gentrification of that neighborhood.

By cleanup hopefully you dont mean residents in the neighborhood will be priced out of housing they need

 

[SlothofDespond]

By cleanup hopefully you dont mean residents in the neighborhood will be priced out of housing they need

There's going to be some of that anytime a neighborhood turns around. It's part of why we need many more units of housing in the city and state generally.