Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | March 2, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 7 ROCG is the business value growth expert. We'll help you identify your personal financial and non-financial goals and help you reach them. Our "end in mind" proprietary solutions help owners take control of their business by recommending changes to improve profitability and productivity. The result? You'll be moving forward toward your personal goals while building greater business value. Our team has four decades of proven experience advising small and medium sized businesses. We offer customized solutions, not cookie cutter plans. For more information on how ROCG can help your business, set up a no obligation initial consultation today! 617-412-4640 • americas.rocg.com Ready to Focus on Growing Business Value? Our Experts Can Help! We Work with Business Owners to Help Them: • Develop a Strategic Plan to Meet Long-Term Goals • Break Down the Plan into Manageable Components • Execute the Plan Successfully Oxford marijuana retailer to open Ware location Marijuana producer and retailer Curaleaf, which has a location in Oxford, is set to open its third Mas- sachusetts recreational cannabis store in the first half of March, in Ware. In addition to Oxford, Curaleaf has an already operating cannabis retail shop in Provincetown. e expansion is something the Wake- field-based company has been working on since 2018. Marlborough office building sells for $16.5M A 102,000-square-foot office building on Crowley Drive in Marlborough that's a highly visible presence just off Route 85 has sold for $16.5 million. e buyer is Commonwealth Management, a Newton contractor, which bought the site from First Colony Development, which is registered to the same Carver businessman, Jon Delli Priscoli, who sold an adjacent undeveloped site in January for $4.6 million to a retirement community developer. Garelick owner to sell for $425M e corporate owner of Franklin's Garelick Farms has agreed to sell most of its assets to a national milk cooperative, three months aer its bankruptcy filing. Dean Foods, the Dallas-based owner of Garelick and other dairy companies, has entered into an asset purchase agreement with the Dairy Farmers of Amer- ica, through which the Kansas City-based cooperative will take over most of Dean's assets. e deal needs bankruptcy court approval, set for March 12. Four Papa Gino's properties in Central Mass. sell for $5M Papa Gino's properties in Worcester, Leominster and Sudbury have sold for a combined $5 million. In each case, a corporation registered to the address of New York private equity firm U.S. Realty Advisors sold to a corporation registered to Essential Properties Realty Trust of Princeton, N.J. e Papa Gino's at 681 W. Boylston St. in Worcester sold for $1.3 million, and another at 915 Graon St. for $1.1 million. A third at 35 Commercial Road in Leominster sold for $1.4 million, and a fourth at 104 Boston Post Road in Sudbury sold for $1.2 million. No fare-free WRTA in 2020 e Worcester Regional Transit Authority have announced the transportation authority will not go fare-free this year, responding to the ongoing discussion spurred by a report from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau calling the WRTA a perfect candidate for a fare-free bus system. Curaleaf has been selling marijuana in Oxford since 2018. W

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