Worcester Infill and Developments
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Table Talk Pies is moving its original production site which is next to the ballpark to an industrial site about a mile west. An old factory building had to be torn down to make room.
Current site right next to the ballpark:
Demolition of the old factory where the new production site will be built:
Current site right next to the ballpark:
Demolition of the old factory where the new production site will be built:
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Probably means they'll be shipping by rail now too, since they're right inside the cold storage wing of P&W Southbridge St. Yard with their co-tenants taking fridge cars on the spur across the street.
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Unlikely, if you check the 3D view on Google Maps, there's no door large enough for rail service at any of the three buildings. And that press release is for their cold storage facility that opened last fall. The factory is going in off of Gardner & Tainter (two of the last cobblestone streets in the city, if not THE last two cobblestone streets in Worcester), which is next to CSX's part of the B&A.
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The former Creative Packaging factory on the corner of South Ludlow & Clover is finally being demolished. Local developer is building condo's on the site & paving Clover Street. Plan is for 11 multifamily, low-rise buildings, 90 total units. Don't have a site plan on hand (found the plan number, but not the file on the city website), but don't expect anything amazing. Don't have a photo of the demo on hand at the moment, but they're making fairly decent progress.
Also, WPI is proposing a new 4 story dorm on the site of their graduate student housing at Salisbury Estates (corner of Park Ave & Rumford Ave). Not much for renders (presentation only has this on the cover with no further color renders), but it will be replacing some of the garden style apartments on the property and additional buildings not in the footprint of this building will be coming down as well.
More in the Site Preparation Plan & the Renderings
Lastly, least impressive of all, the old auto body on the corner of Belmont & Natick has been demolished, all the way through 15 Natick Street. UMassMemorial's landlord at 306 Belmont Street/350 Plantation Street is building a 2 story parking garage with ~139 spaces on the property.
Also, WPI is proposing a new 4 story dorm on the site of their graduate student housing at Salisbury Estates (corner of Park Ave & Rumford Ave). Not much for renders (presentation only has this on the cover with no further color renders), but it will be replacing some of the garden style apartments on the property and additional buildings not in the footprint of this building will be coming down as well.
More in the Site Preparation Plan & the Renderings
Lastly, least impressive of all, the old auto body on the corner of Belmont & Natick has been demolished, all the way through 15 Natick Street. UMassMemorial's landlord at 306 Belmont Street/350 Plantation Street is building a 2 story parking garage with ~139 spaces on the property.
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Mercantile Center secures $4.2M deal for rooftop restaurant, construction to start in fall
Funding has been secured for work on 2 Mercantile Street, part of Mercantile Center, where Broadway Hospitality Group of Boston, the company behind the restaurant chain Tavern in the Square, is on deck to build and operate a 12,600 square-foot, two-story rooftop bar and restaurant.
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This project just secured funding and is moving ahead, which I find both encouraging and surprising. Perhaps the most exciting addition to downtown Worcester in the near future.
Source: WBJournal (Grant Welker)/ MassLive
At the same time, Unum is closing its downtown Worcester office after 120 years and have the remaining 400 employees work remotely.
Unum leaving downtown Worcester, having 400 employees work from home
Insurance company Unum, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn., will close its Worcester office at CitySquare and direct its 400 employees to permanently work from home, the company announced on Thursday.
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Ruth Chris location is directly across the pedestrian walkway (to the left). Both were supposed to be built but not sure what things are looking like for Ruth Chris.
It’s a memorial for Worcester residents afaik. Each rod represents a fallen soldier.
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WW1 KIA from Worcester only. This is the second iteration of it. Originally it was a grove of trees, with every tree representing one KIA.
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Downtown Worcester office building proposed for $54M conversion into 312 apartments
Worcester's Krock family is looking to sell a century-plus-old office building at 340 Main St. in Worcester to a New York City developer proposing a $54-million conversion into 312 apartments to take advantage of a shift in demand downtown from office space to residential.
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Glad to see this proposal. The building needs to be preserved.
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Downtown Worcester office building proposed for $54M conversion into 312 apartments
Worcester's Krock family is looking to sell a century-plus-old office building at 340 Main St. in Worcester to a New York City developer proposing a $54-million conversion into 312 apartments to take advantage of a shift in demand downtown from office space to residential.
Glad to see this proposal. The building needs to be preserved.
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Man, that photo brings back memories. Used to work in downtown Worcester back in 2014 / 2015. Spoodles Deli (the blue storefront) was a go-to lunch spot. Loved their sandwiches!