Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | April 15, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Elwood Adams building owner asks for tax break e Hingham development company and owner of the former Elwood Adams Hardware building in Worcester is seek- ing a tax-increment financing exemption for the building as it pursues a $4-mil- lion redevelopment project. Elwood Main, LLC, an entity registered to BradyMac Capital Advi- sory, wants to create 13 one-bedroom apartments on the upper floors of the property, along with 1,700 square feet of retail on the bottom floor. Milford DoubleTree sells for $21M e DoubleTree hotel in Milford has sold for nearly $21 million to Lexington hospitality company Jamsan Hotel Man- agement. e 177-room hotel includes eight meeting rooms totaling 10,000 square feet of space. Jamsan Hotel Management says it owns hotels across the Northeast. It has bought two hotels in Plymouth this year, adding to two it already owned in the town and another in adjacent Kingston. e hotel was last owned by Milford TBL Investment Group, a limited liabil- ity corporation based in Hanover. One of the registered managers of Milford TBL is Glenn Gistis, CFO of the Linchris Hotel Corp. in Plymouth. WBJ's Welker named top New England reporter Grant Welker, the news editor for the Worcester Business Journal, has won the Master Reporter award from the New England Society of News Editors. Welker is being honored for the entirety of his 13- year career, which includes reporting work at the Lowell Sun and the Herald News in Fall River. Welker joined WBJ in February 2017. Past recipients of the NESNE Master Reporter award include Jennette Barnes from e Standard-Times in New Bedford and Josh Kovner from e Hartford Courant. Welker was nominat- ed in the non-daily category. Welker will receive the award in a May 2 ceremony at the offices of e Boston Globe. He and WBJ also are finalists for the NESNE Best Watchdog award for e Boardroom Gap investigative series about the lack of women in Central Mass. business leadership. e winner of will be announced at May 2. Welker's other WBJ stories include his examina- tion into Worcester's renaissance, and series on immigrant business owners and on business tax breaks. W Grant Welker, news editor, Worcester Business Journal 100 A June St. Worcester, MA 01602 508.310.5406 www.bestprollc.com Cleaning for Health From office cleaning and floor waxing to carpet cleaning and all types of professional cleaning services, BestPro Cleaning has the resources and expertise to get your office cleaning done right. Whether you require daily, weekly or monthly cleaning services or just a one-time cleaning, BestPro Cleaning will customize a cleaning service program to suit your individual needs and budget. General Manager, Diana Gallego Commercial Cleaning Office Cleaning Janitorial Services Family Owned Serving Massachusetts Since 1998 General Cleaning Carpet Cleaning Floor Care Eco-Friendly Green Cleaning Services Facility Maintenance (landscaping, snow removal, and light construction repairs)

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