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6 Worcester Business Journal | April 20, 2026 | wbjournal.com REAL ESTATE INSIDER AUBURN BOXBOROUGH e Boxborough Planning Board unanimously voted on March 2 to rec- ommend a zoning bylaw amendment to expand the maximum allowed size of an accessory dwelling unit from 900 to 1,000 square feet. e state's ADU provisions of its Affordable Homes Act sets a maximum size of 900 feet for by-right ADUs, but allows municipalities to permit sizes behind that. e provision requiring the ADU to be less than half the size of the main dwelling would remain in effect. e item will be considered at Boxborough's May 19 Annual Town Meeting. FITCHBURG e Fitchburg Planning Board is reviewing a proposal to construct a 13,000-square-foot community center with administration offices, recreational areas, and parking at 1 Normandy Road. Alexa Brennan, representing the Fitchburg Housing Authority, submitted the special permit and site review plan for the project. e Fitchburg Planning Board is holding hearings to review a special permit and site plan review to build a three-story residential building with 32 units at 7 Beekman St. e proposal was submitted by Beekman Enterprises. FRANKLIN RRB Properties, a Franklin-based entity managed by Bijay Bhatta, pur- chased a property at 374-384 Union St. featuring a building with ground- floor retail and six apartments, for $1.45 million from 378 Union LLC, a Billerica-based entity managed by Bechara Fren. Dennis Kelleher of Horvath & Tremblay in Lynnfield served as the listing broker in this transaction. GARDNER e project to convert Gardner's former Waterford Street School into a community/senior center is pro- gressing. e City's Economic and Community Development Com- mittee update reports the electrical work in the area that will house the senior center is 100% complete and the plumbing is about 99% done. e City is still working on action items, including resurfacing the parking lot, upgrading the fire alarm system, and connecting HVAC systems. GRAFTON Tus University has received Graon Planning Board approval to construct a 30,000-square-foot learning center at its Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine cam- pus in Graon, replacing an existing administrative building. e two-sto- ry facility will include classrooms, teaching labs, and academic space designed to support growing enroll- ment, accommodating about 320 students and more than 40 staff. e project will add pedestrian walkways, utilities, and site improvements, while reconfiguring parking, including the creation of more than 100 new spaces. Construction is expected to begin in 2026 following demolition of the existing building, with completion targeted for 2027. HOPEDALE e Ten Charlesview Realty Trust, a Holliston-based entity managed by Daniel and Michelle Vainshtein, purchased a property featuring a 9,600-square-foot industrial building for $2.05 million from Bob Beck- et Properties, a Worcester-based entity managed by Chad and Logan Norman. Harrison Klein, Michael Grant, and Anthony Fresolone of Marcus & Millichap, a Califor- nia-based firm with a Boston office, represented the seller and procured the buyer. e property features six 1,600-square-foot units, each with its own drive-in door. HOPKINTON e Hopkinton Planning Board voted unanimously during its March 9 meeting to approve a new zoning plan to comply with the state's MBTA REAL ESTATE INSIDER | B R I E F S BY ERIC CASEY WBJ Managing Editor N ewton-based National Development has received approval to redevelop a 148-acre former Intel campus in Hudson into a flexible site for nearly 1 million square feet of industrial or manufacturing space. National Development received approval for its plans for the site at 75 Reed Road at a Hudson Planning Board meeting April 9. e permitting framework will allow the property to be built to suit and support a range of manufacturing or logistics uses, the company announced. e company is proposing a single 950,000-square-foot building with 177 loading bays, 415 trailer parking spaces, and 482 parking spaces for cars. e site is less than two miles from I-495 and has an industrial workforce of more than 34,000 within a half- hour drive. Construction will begin once a tenant is secured. Intel sold the site to National Development in November 2023 for $12 million, aer a former attempt to redevelop the site was blocked. Intel has been leasing the site used as a research and manufacturing facility, but exited it in May, ending its over 25-year tenure at the campus. National Development first pitched its own plans for the site in November, aer demolition began aer Intel's exit. e property was assessed at $14.06 million in 2026, down from $23.16 million in 2023, according to Town of Hudson property records. Hudson approves nearly 1M-sq.-. redevelopment of former Intel campus RENDERING | NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COURTESY OF HUDSON PLANNING BOARD W A rendering of National Development's proposed 950,000-square-foot building in Hudson Mast Futures LLC of Millbury is seeking Auburn Planning Board approval to build a 17,860-square-foot indoor golf recreation center with 33 parking spaces at 615 Southbridge St. The business will include a 10-bay indoor golf simulator and will serve alcohol with light food. The redevelopment project will include the demolition of a single-family home on the 1.69-acre lot. Mast Futures is managed by Sarah Johnson of Millbury and Timothy Johnson of Florida.