Worcester Business Journal

6 Worcester Business Journal | February 19, 2024 | wbjournal.com e Brookside Shops, located at 145 Great Road in Acton, was sold in a deal finalized on Feb. 9, according to Middle- sex South Registry of Deeds records. e property was sold to Brookside Owner LLC. Brookside shares managers and an ad- dress with Crosspoint Associates, a real estate firm based in Newton, according to Massachusetts Secretary of the Com- monwealth records. Crosspoint owns properties throughout New England, including the Whole Foods Marketplace in Shrewsbury and the Golden Triangle Shopping Center in Natick. e property was sold by 145 Great Road LLC, a corporation managed by Clarion Partners, a global real estate asset management company based in New York City. Great Road purchased the property for $33.5 million in 2016, according to Town of Acton property records. e property was given a tax assessment value of $12.2 million in fiscal 2024. e 13-store plaza features 120 parking spots and was built in 2002, according to LoopNet, an online real es- tate listing service. In addition to Trader Joe's and Staples, Brookside Shops is also home to XGolf, a business featuring in- door golf simulators, and Chico's, LOFT, and Talbots, three separate retail stores dealing in women's apparel. Hologic expects layoffs at international facilities, totaling up to $8M Marlborough medical device manu- facturer Hologic is anticipating to make an unspecified number of layoffs at international locations this year amid a restructuring of its diagnostics division, as sales of the company's COVID-19 tests have declined. e restructuring was announced in the company's quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission The best bank for your business is actually a credit union. #ICBusinessBanking | Insured by NCUA At IC, we want your business to grow just as much as you do. That's why we offer the same level of business solutions you'd expect from a bank. The difference is that you also get the personalized attention that a credit union can deliver. Come chat with one of our Solutions Advisors and let us help you get your business to the next level. We're with you. Commerical Lending Payment Processing Digital Banking Solutions Business Online Banking Sale price of the 119-room Holiday Inn Express Boston-Milford, purchased by a Brockton corporation managed by Bijal Patel Source: Worcester District Registry of Deeds 253,000 People served by the Acton science and nature center Discovery Museum in 2023, a record high in the same year the museum set a record of 1,200 individual donors contributing money Source: Discovery Museum $56,330 Alleged amount of nonpayments not made by Greatest Hits Cannabis of Dudley, according to a lawsuit filed by Chelsea marijuana wholesale supplier Harbor House Source: Worcester County Superior Court 114 years Age of the Hudson Armory, which the Hudson Cultural Alliance obtained in February after a $1-million fundraising effort to redevelop the space into a regional arts and entertainment destination Source: Hudson Cultural Alliance Continued from previous page $12.95 million

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