Worcester Business Journal

www.wbjournal.com November 23, 2015 • Worcester Business Journal 5 Worcester housing ranked among most affordable in Mass. The Worcester housing market has been ranked among the most affordable in the state, according to a home-listing report from Coldwell Banker Real Estate. The housing report ranks the afford- ability of communities' housing based on listings of four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes throughout over 2,700 markets in the country. While other reports rank the median cost of homes, this reports meth- odology gives a picture of what a similar home costs in each community. New Bedford was found to be the most affordable in Massachusetts, at $164,723, while Worcester was ranked eighth with an average price of $240,889. Quest to acquire Connecticut lab Quest Diagnostics has agreed to acquire Hartford-based Clinical Laboratory Partners, a subsidiary of Hartford HealthCare, for an undisclosed amount of money. Quest said in a statement that the deal will enhance access to laboratory services for Connecticut residents served by Hartford HealthCare's five hospitals. Clinical Laboratory Partners, or CLP, acts as the clinical outreach lab service for Hartford Healthcare. Under the agreement, CLP will transi- tion laboratory testing now provided in Newington, Conn., to Quest's rapid- response clinical laboratories in Stratford, Torrington and Wallingford, Conn.; and full-service, state-of-the-art clinical labo- ratory in Marlborough. The acquisition also includes several CLP service centers and other assets. The deal is expected to close early next year. Physician group affiliate opens Worcester urgent care site AFC Doctors Express, the urgent-care services company that is partnering with the Central Massachusetts Independent Physicians Association (CMIPA) to pro- vide urgent care to its patients, opened its first Worcester location. The new clinic is at 117a Stafford St. A partnership with the CMIPA, which represents 170 independent doctors in Central Massachusetts, was announced earlier this year. The partnership is simi- lar to the one between UMass Memorial Health Care and CareWell Urgent Care, which recently opened two sites in the city. Charles River to re-open Shrewsbury lab Charles River Laboratories will re- open a Shrewsbury lab that has been shuttered since 2010 with a mixture of new and transplanted jobs. The research-services company has announced the South Street facility will reopen in the first quarter of 2016. The lab was closed in 2010, but a resurgence in pre-clinical services has prompted the company to bring the facility back on line with 40 study rooms, Susan Hardy, cor- Language Bank Interpretation and translation services for the medical, legal, academic and fi nancial communities Our services include: • In-person interpretation • Over-the-phone interpretation • Written translation services • 24/7 emergency assistance • Self-service scheduling and billing Language Bank 11 Shattuck Street Worcester, MA 01605 Language Bank 340 Granite Street 3rd Floor Manchester, NH 03102 thelanguagebank.org Call us toll-free: 1.844.579.0610 Or email us: info@thelanguagebank.org Language Bank has a training center that uses rigorous preparatory courses. LB Make Good Ad_4.3x6.indd 1 7/9/15 6:10 PM >> Continued from previous page REGIONAL BRIEFS REAL DEALS Real Deals highlights recent commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts. Commercial real estate firms that want to submit information on transactions can send it to editorial@wbjournal.com. *Sale represents land only. Source: NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs ADDRESS: 782 Washington St., Auburn AREA: 82,000 sq. ft.* SALE PRICE: $725,000 SELLER: Harvey R. Goldstein Trust BUYER: Capital Realty Advisors — Compiled by Sam Bonacci, Worcester Business Journal Digital Editor This sale is one of the final steps towards the BJ's Wholesale Club of Auburn getting a gas station. The sale will allow the company to build a gas station near its Route 20 store in the town. The BJ's retail location opened in the early 1990s. porate vice president investor relations, said. The international company, with more than 8,000 employees, is headquartered in Wilmington. The Shrewsbury site, to be called Charles River Labs Massachusetts, will host an undisclosed number of employees. Central Mass. Girl Scouts hold to $4 a box Bucking a national trend of climbing prices, the Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts have decided to maintain $4 a box for the popular product linked to the organization's financial liter- acy program. The Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEM) recently announced a price increase to $5 a box, marking the first price increase in eight years, according to the organization. The decision was made to allow more members to participate in leadership programs, according to a release from the GSEM. However, the Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts (GSCWM) decided to maintain their $4 a box price, as each of the 112 local councils nation- wide are able to set their price based on their market, according to Dana Carnegie, community relations manager for GSCWM. >> Continued on Page 6

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