Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | September 19, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 7 E X P E R T I S E M A K E S A L L T H E D I F F E R E N C E When you arrive at a certain size, your banking needs become more complex. With Country Bank's commercial banking team, you get customized problem-solving, higher lending limits, industry expertise, and highly responsive service. by Washington D.C.-based developer e Menkiti Group which bought the property in 2018 and has been seeking a tenant for the street-level storefronts. Shaking Crab was founded in 2015 in Newton by Kevin Duong and Nicholas Wu. Among other offerings, the notoriously messy restaurant features seafood shaken in a bag of seasoning for customers to eat with gloved hands, wearing bibs. e company currently has 23 full-service locations around the world and three delivery-only locations. Downtown Gardner mixed- use block sold Two mixed-use parcels on Central Street in Gardner sold for $2.3 million on Sept. 1 to a Shirley limited liability corporation, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds. e buildings at 280-302 and 310- 320 Central St. are a combined 46,735 square feet and were built in 1850, according to the Gardner Assessors Department. e ground floor currently houses several small businesses. e buyer, Door Fund Central Street LLC of Shirley, is registered to Michael Marchetti of Lakeview Financial Planning in Shirley and investor Damon Amato. Marchetti did not return a request for comment. e seller, Brian Gauthier of Petersham, bought the buildings in 1991 and 1992 for a combined $540,000. e properties are assessed by the City of Gardner at just under $1 million. e City of Gardner's Department of Community Development and planning did not comment on any plans for the site. Fidelity Bank picks Pennsylvania executive to be new remote chief marketing officer Fidelity Bank of Leominster has appointed Joann Marsili to the position of executive vice president, chief marketing and digital experience officer, a new title at the $1.3-billion company. Marsili joins Fidelity from the similarly named e Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank in Dunmore, Pennsylvani, where she worked since 2003, most recently as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, according to a Sept. 12 press release. Marsili will continue to live in Pennsylvania and will make frequent trips to Leominster in her new role. "As Fidelity Bank continues to execute our digital transformation strategy, Joann will have an integral role in delivering our LifeDesign Banking approach and C.A.R.E. process, both digitally and traditionally, to help our clients get where they want to be," Joann Marsili Edward Manzi, chairman and CEO of Fidelity Bank, said in the press release. Fidelity Bank, which is headquartered in Leominster, has 13 full-service branches and as of June 30 and $1.3 billion in assets, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. e Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank in Pennsylvania has 24 offices and $2.4 billion in assets. Holy Cross' $110M Prior Performing Arts Center opens for fall 2022 e Prior Performing Arts Center at Worcester's e College of the Holy Cross is now in active use with the start of a new semester and will be open to the public during a community day on Sept. 24th. e center includes Luth Concert Hall, a 400-seat proscenium theater; Boroughs eatre, a 200-seat flexible studio space; and the relocated Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. e 84,000-square-foot facility was designed by New York's Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm behind the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art's redesign in New York and the redesign of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York as well as many other cultural facilities. English professor Kyle Frisina was selected as the interim director of the arts center. In addition to her academic credentials, she has served as director of play development at Second Stage eater and associate producer at New York Stage and Film, both in New York. Natick adult apartment complex sold for $87M Avenu at Natick, an ages-62-and- up apartment community, was sold to developer and property manager, Greystar Real Estate Partners of Charleston, South Carolina for $86.5 million, in a deal that closed Aug. 2, according to the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds. e seller was National Development of Newton who opened the 164-unit complex in 2019. Avenu at Natick is part of a growing market for senior-living complexes, geared towards an aging population. W

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