Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | July 26, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 5 B R I E FS Legendary Legacies receives $1.3M grant e relatively new Worcester nonprofit Legendary Legacies in July received a $1.3-million grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Bureau of Substance Abuse, in a major expansion of its programing. e nonprofit, founded in 2018, is focused on providing mentorship and life development for young men of color. Funding will go toward the Legendary Links program, which assists Black and Latino men returning home from incarceration and struggling with substance abuse disorder. e program partners with the Worcester County Sheriff 's Office and Worcester House of Corrections to support 50 formerly-incarcerated men for the six months prior and six months aer their release. Legendary Legacies plans to hire five new staff. Continued on Page 6 wpi.edu/+businessgrad Offered on campus and online. Bold innovators win in tech. Learn how to embrace and manage risk. WPI's premier Business School is the place for you. Try 1 or 2 graduate courses in data science, user experience, marketing, and supply chain operations. Or explore our master's and certificate programs. Time for a promotion? Career switch? T H E T I C K E R $104M Amount paid by New York City real estate investment firm RPT Realty for the Wegman's-anchored shopping center Northborough Crossing, in a deal closed June 21 Source: Worcester County Registry of Deeds 400 Source: Worcester Planning Board Apartment units proposed in July to be built over several phases starting in 2022 in a development on the former Table Talk Pies manufacturing site on Kelley Square in Worcester. The difference in the sale prices of a 3.5-acre contractor yard in Southborough sold twice in six months, first for $1.14 million in December, then for $1.6 milion in June 40% Source: Aho Properties D'Errico's Markets to be in operation after a Sturbridge location was announced July 20 4 Source: NAI Glickman Kovago and Jacobs Worcester to acquire three Becker properties e City of Worcester plans to pur- chase three properties from the now closed Becker College for $4.6 million and will ask City Council for a loan early next week, said City Manager Edward Augustus at a community meeting in Elm Park neighborhood in July e three properties are Becker's for- mer Health Sciences Education Center, the Weller Academic Center, and the tennis courts. Plans for the two build- ings include English-as-a-second-lan- guage classes and transition programs for adults with special needs. "We've created a situation where we can be masters of our destinies," said Augustus during the meeting. e city recommends the rest of the Becker campus be sold to a developer who has renovated historical buildings throughout Worcester in the past, said Augustus. He stated he could not yet share the developer's name, but assured residents he was dedicated to creating housing at affordable rates. Ron Waddell, co- founder of Legendary Legacies

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