Overview of Residential Developments in Worcester

[cubalibre]

WBJournal had an interesting article about the 4000+ apartment units in various stages of development, ranging from proposed to nearing completion. It's not an exhaustive list - there are are number of larger projects missing - but it gives a good overview of the current projects in the development pipelines and the challenges they face. We covered most of them in this forum, so I created a table with links to the various projects and will update the list as things change.
This excludes commercial/ public/ university/ infrastructure projects in the city of Worcester, but they can be found on this interactive map.

I figured this gives a nice overview on where things stand in Worcester as of today:

Development	Apartments​	Stage of Development
Grafton Woods Luxury Living	491​	Proposed
Residences at Table Talk Square (SMC)	375 357​	Proposed (4 distinct projects)
Alta on the Row, Mulberry Street	370​	Complete
The Benjamin	364​	Approved (Scaled down from 415 units)
8 Harvard Street​	251​	Proposed
Denholm Redevelopment	233​	Proposed
The Revington, 1 Green Island Boulevard	228​	Complete
3 Oriol Drive	220​	Under construction
225 Shrewsbury St	218​	Cancelled
Poet Hill Residences, Hemans Street	210​	Under construction
The Cove	173​	Complete (Scaled down from 300 units)
Sudbury Street Lofts	165​	Complete
5 Salem Square	163​	Cancelled
Goddard/Homestead, Grove Street (senior)	158​	Requested extension of approvals
3 Eaton Place	145​	Cancelled
The Perl	139​	Approved
757 Salisbury St. (senior)	123​	Under construction
Lagrange Mill Lofts & 98 Beacon Street	118​	Requested extension of approvals
The Kiln	111​	Complete
Residences on Madison	110​	Under construction
35 Portland Street	108​	Proposed
102 Temple Street (Fairway Beef)	105​	Requested extension of approvals
224 Shrewsbury Street	87​	Cancelled
District 120 (Table Talk Lofts)	83​	Complete
Boy's Club, 16 Salisbury Street (senior)	80​	Under construction
3 Oriol Drive	67​	Under construction
153 Green Street (Table Talk)	43​	Nearing Completion (Scaled down from 53 units)
119 & 225 Chandler Street (PolarView)	56​	Proposed
Merrick at the Square	49​	Under construction
90 Lamartine Street	38​	Under construction
39 Lamartine Street (PolarView)	36​	Proposed
342 West Boylston Street	24​	Approved
216 & 221 Chandler Street (PolarView)	21​	Approved
300 Southbridge Street	21​	"Under construction"
Total	4,555​

 

[#bancars]

Great rundown--thanks for pulling this together!

 

[stick n move]

A lot of ppl bitch about the 5 over 1’s, but that comes from a place of abundance. Worcester is one of those cities where everything is decades old, theres almost nothing that looks recently built. I think some new development and yes some 5 over 1’s will actually give worcester a bit of a freshening up to at least let it finally appear that some things have been built recently. Whenever you take a look around there it just appears trapped in amber from 30 years ago. I think this recent development will actually help a lot towards helping change the face of worcester as a left behind city to one that is starting to grow again. I’m definitely here for it, its been a longgg time coming.

 

[cubalibre]

Updated the status of the Quarterra (Table Talk) development, which is the largest of the proposed housing projects in Worcester. Several local news outlets reported that at least one of the existing properties that this project was supposed to buy are back on the market:

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/139-Green-St-Worcester-MA/30207023/

 

[ctsketch]

Updated the status of the Quarterra (Table Talk) development, which is the largest of the proposed housing projects in Worcester. Several local news outlets reported that at least one of the existing properties that this project was supposed to buy are back on the market:

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/139-Green-St-Worcester-MA/30207023/

yes that was a shame, would have completed the block, added parking and lots of retail and an 8 story building to the area

 

[cubalibre]

Two more projects likely dead:

5 Salem Square | Worcester

Finally something happened at the former cathedral site! been wondering how long it would take. 163 units, 28k SF commercial and 107 parking spaces...

archboston.com

1 City Square | Worcester

Lets see if this proposal happens, the last 1 city square did not, wasn't a great time for office buildings. 145 units. Shame to lose that green space over the garage but at least they kept some. I liked that green...

archboston.com

Developer behind two Worcester projects, including at former Notre Dame site, trying to sell downtown property

The 3.91-acre lot has been re-listed for sale with an asking price of $5.25 million.

www.wbjournal.com

 

[ctsketch]

Two more projects likely dead:

5 Salem Square | Worcester

Finally something happened at the former cathedral site! been wondering how long it would take. 163 units, 28k SF commercial and 107 parking spaces...

archboston.com

1 City Square | Worcester

Lets see if this proposal happens, the last 1 city square did not, wasn't a great time for office buildings. 145 units. Shame to lose that green space over the garage but at least they kept some. I liked that green...

archboston.com

Developer behind two Worcester projects, including at former Notre Dame site, trying to sell downtown property

The 3.91-acre lot has been re-listed for sale with an asking price of $5.25 million.

www.wbjournal.com

They only listed one of the two it looks likr

 

[cubalibre]

Another extension requested for Fairway Beef project

Project at former Fairway Beef site the latest Worcester housing development facing delays

Another Worcester area housing development is facing delays due to the current economic climate and supply chain issues.

www.wbjournal.com

 

[393b40]

I suspect there are going to be strong headwinds against Worcester for awhile with return to office demands in Boston flat-lining. The state is also not helping by making it hard as possible to get to Boston from Worcester by cancelling the express train. If you're a lender you've gotta be asking "Why Worcester? Can it continue to attract the pushed out of Boston by $$$$ demographic it needs for this new construction?" at this point vs any other city within 60 miles of Boston.

 

[ctsketch]

I suspect there are going to be strong headwinds against Worcester for awhile with return to office demands in Boston flat-lining. The state is also not helping by making it hard as possible to get to Boston from Worcester by cancelling the express train. If you're a lender you've gotta be asking "Why Worcester? Can it continue to attract the pushed out of Boston by $$$$ demographic it needs for this new construction?" at this point vs any other city within 60 miles of Boston.

If the station expansion wasn't so behind schedule we could have a already had more frequent and faster boston service. Adding more stops to the heart to hub in the meantime was a huge mistake on MBTA's part

 

[cubalibre]

2,000+ Worcester Housing Units Delayed By Economic Factors: City

A report on Worcester's new inclusionary zoning law shows that factors like inflation and construction costs are delaying development.

patch.com

Here's the tally of delayed projects Dunn compiled for councilors, including the address, developer and number of units:

• 340 Main St, SilverBrick, 312 units (inside existing building)
• Green Island Boulevard, Madison Properties, 125 units
• 3 Eaton Place, Foresight Capital, 145 units
• 5 Salem Square, Foresight Capital, 163 units
• 44 Grafton St., AKROS Development, 105 units
• 274 Franklin St., GoVenture Capital, 364 units (36 affordable)
• 225 Shrewsbury St., Lundgren Equity Partners, 218 units
• 139 Green St., Quarterra, 375 units
• 35 Portland St., MG2, 108 units

 

[cubalibre]

New home construction has fallen 40% in Greater Worcester since 2008, with 2023 representing a 10-year low

Last year saw 1,349 privately-owned housing units housing permits issued in Greater Worcester, the fewest number of permits issued since 2013.

www.wbjournal.com

 

[ctsketch]

I thought only 3 Eaton was canceled for certain, isn't 5 Salem Sq still on? where is the news on that?

 

[ctsketch]

Add this to under construction

Merrick at the Square | Langan

www.langan.com

 

[cubalibre]

I thought only 3 Eaton was canceled for certain, isn't 5 Salem Sq still on? where is the news on that?

Maybe the developer is still holding on to it, but

A lien has also been filed for 5 Salem Square, the former site of the Notre Dame des Canadiens Church, which was demolished in 2018 and is also owned by the same developer. Foresight owes the City $106,252 for unpaid taxes and other obligations on that property, according to Worcester District Registry of Deeds documents.

 

[ctsketch]

3 Oriol is also under construction

 

[woocrew99]

@cubalibre - do you have projected delivery dates for these projects?

 

[cubalibre]

After developer abandoned plans for 87-apartment project, UMass Memorial buys Shrewsbury Street parcel for $2.65M

A Shrewsbury Street parking lot, which was the proposed site of a 87-unit apartment building, has been sold to UMass Memorial Health.

www.wbjournal.com

 

[CJ2488]

https://www.wbjournal.com/article/p...q-into-198-apartments-receives-25m-from-state

198 unit apartment

Downtown Worcester office-to-condo project receives $8.1M from MassHousing

An effort to convert a former office building at Two Chestnut Place in Worcester into 22 owner-occupied condominiums for first-time homeowners has received $8.1 million.

www.wbjournal.com

22 ownership condominiums

Owner of Worcester auto lot near Clark planning 40-apartment redevelopment

The owner of a Worcester auto lot near Clark University is proposing to re-develop the parcel, pitching a mixed-use building to contain 40 rental apartments, a cafe space, and an electric vehicle inspection and repair shop.

www.wbjournal.com

40 unit apartment

https://www.wbjournal.com/article/s...t-planned-for-26-unit-apartment-redevelopment

26 unit apartment

Mason Street multifamily housing developers slash number of proposed affordable units

Updated documents submitted to the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals did not offer any details explaining why the original plan of making all of the units affordable was abandoned.

www.wbjournal.com

98 unit apartment

98 beacon st, 118 apartment units

125 apartment units by Madison [I know this has been delayed and the city And developer are in discussions]

Anymore updates On this project or any other project mentioned. Not sure if all of these have been mentioned and would like to add these to the list.

Thank you!