Worcester Business Journal

6 Worcester Business Journal | October 1, 2018 | wbjournal.com Northborough building sells for over $2M A commercial building in North- borough at the Berlin line near the Solomon Pond Mall has sold for $2.15 million. e two-acre property at 455 Whitney St. is listed as the home to Goldie Group, a cellular technol- ogy manufacturer. e site, with a 22,000-square-foot building, previously last sold for $950,000 in 2011. In a sale that closed July 31, N&B Re- alty, which is licensed a Bruce Goldie in Framingham, sold the site to Hosokawa Alpine American, an entity registered to a David Nunes of Natick. Centage makes revenue chief Murdock its CEO Natick automated financial soware firm Centage Corp. has named revenue chief John Murdock as its new president and CEO. e promotion of Murdock comes aer a year of the company working under interim CEO Ken Mar- shall, who took over aer the sudden passing of former CEO Barry Clap. Cannabis tester inks agreement with Milford Cannabis tester ProVerde Labora- tories has finally negotiated a host community agree- ment with Milford aer months of what its founder called delays that halted the com- pany's business prospects. Milford selectmen voted 2 to 1 in Sep- tember to approve the agreement, which only calls for cooperation between the town and company and no financial payments. e agreement is a step companies need before they can apply to the state's Cannabis Control Commission for a license to enter the recreational marijua- na market. Co-founder Chris Hudalla told WBJ earlier this month town officials had previoisly been asking for some kind of financial contribution, but state law dictates that a community impact fee must be warranted by an actual impact, with proven documentation. Featured speakers include: Lt. Governor Karyn Polito House Speaker Robert DeLeo Tracy Frost, Director, DoD Manufacturing Technology Dean Kamen, Executive Director, ARMI | BioFab USA Join us and discover future technologies opportunities for U.S. businesses and education institutions. Why You Should Attend: > Exclusive Massachusetts showcase of the Manufacturing USA Institute's emerging technologies > Attendees include leading manufacturing executives, researchers, developers and educators > Network and explore partnership opportunities REGISTER TODAY (Registration Fee: $50) MassManufacturingSymposium.org THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 8:00am to 1:30pm DCU CENTER | WORCESTER, MA Presented by: B R I E FS Continued from previous page ProVerde Co- founder Chris Hudalla 3.8% Worcester area unemployment rate in August, down from 4.2 percent in July Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Number of women who now sit on TJX's board of directors, out of 11 5 Source: TJX Cos. $3 million Source: WPI Grant awarded to a group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers to work on a smartphone app to detect health issues in soldiers Amount of a state grant awarded to economic opportunity nonprofit Worcester Roots for an entrepreneurship program $80,000 Source: Worcester Roots T H E T I C K E R

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