Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | March 9, 2026 | Worcester Business Journal 7 REAL ESTATE INSIDER | B R I E F S Lyman Street LLC, a Southborough entity managed by Desheng Jiang. Scott Hughes of New Dover Associates in Framingham represented both the buy- er and seller in this transaction. SHREWSBURY e Shrewsbury Select Board will send a letter to the Massachusetts Ex- ecutive Office of Housing and Livable Communities requesting a two-year certification of the City's safe harbor designation. Safe harbor classifica- tions are reserved for municipalities that meet certain affordable housing requirements, allowing cities and towns to reject developer-proposed affordable housing projects that infringe upon local zoning laws. SOUTHBRIDGE Franklyn Veloz, the owner of Law- rence construction firm Veloz & As- sociates and owner of the Southbridge building at 100 Central St., presented to Southbridge Planning Board his plans to develop housing in the town's Central Core, which is designated as an area for high-density housing. e planning board recommended he develop a plan on how he would ensure parking from neighboring properties before applying for a special permit. SPENCER e Spencer Planning Board ap- proved a special permit to East Brook- field & Spencer Railroad LLC to install a 35-foot–wide and 18-foot-tall solar array to convert sunlight into electricity at the company's site at 22 Podunk Pike. STURBRIDGE e Sturbridge Select Board ap- proved a common victualler license for a restaurant named Mangia Bene to open at 139 Main St. e restaurant will have a deli selling cheeses and olives, and the opening was planned for early March. UXBRIDGE TK5 Uxbridge LLC, a Marlbor- ough-based entity associated with Yatco Energy, purchased 502 Douglas St. in Uxbridge for $1.85 million from Otwood Investment Group, a Whitins- ville-based entity managed by Odisefs Tsimogiannis. e parcel is a 5.3-acre plot of land. Uxbridge Gas & Market LLC, another Yatco-related entity, received approvals to build a gas station and convenience store at the Douglas Street site, according to Uxbridge Planning Board documents. WESTBOROUGH Friends Dental Associates Pro- fessional Corp., a Hingham-based entity managed by Ram Yadav and Pradeep Bholla, purchased 116 East Main St., Westborough for $1.2 million from Ghaly Properties, a Marlbor- ough-based entity managed by George and Lilian Ghaly. e property is the site of a 2,020-square-foot office building. Kevin Boenisch, founder and pres- ident of Worcester robotic parts and tools firm Robosource.net, has pur- chased an industrial building at 62 Hop- kinton Road in Westborough for $2.5 million. e property at 62 Hopkinton Road contains a 24,696-square-foot industrial building on 2.78 acres of land. Boenisch purchased the site from an entity managed by executives at Piece by Piece Movers, a moving-and-storage company with offices in Newton and Woburn. Tim Whittredge, senior vice president at NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs in Worcester, represented the buyer in this purchase. WEST BOYLSTON e Town of West Boylston still has to spend $125,000 out of a $130,000 state earmark for the planning and construc- tion of a cemetery expansion and must spend it by June 30, 2027. e Town's cemetery is nearing capacity, and the Town is looking at three properties for the possible expansion, with the leading candidate at Pierce and Maple streets. WORCESTER Parkside Holdings, owned by al- ita Nataly and Christopher Dernulc of Worcester, received Zoning Board of Appeals approval to convert the building at 172-174 Shrewsbury St. into 44 apartments.e historic brick building at the site is currently used as offices, with a mental health clinic on the ground floor. e building was the home of WBJ's offices until January, when the publication moved to 446 Main St. Mark Borenstein of Prince Lobel's Worcester office represented Parkside at the Feb. 2 hearing. CJC Properties and Rentals, a Pittsfield-based entity managed by Joel Chery, purchased 31 Channing St. for $1.45 million from Ermani Properties, a Worcester-based entity managed by Michael Ermani. e property features a six-unit apartment building. James Kalogeropoulos of RE/MAX Partners in Worcester served as the listing bro- ker for this transaction. W

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