Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | June 26, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 9 Tom McGregor, Senior Vice President and Regional Commercial Banking Executive and Kathy Trainor, Vice President, Area Branch Manager Deep community roots. Unparalleled expertise. Local leadership. United Bank is excited to announce our new full-service branch in Worcester. With a wealth of banking experience, unrivaled market knowledge and local decision-making, we have everything you need to reach your financial goals. From purchasing a home to growing your savings to building a business, our dedicated team is here to help you create your balance. Visit our new branch location at 1 Mercantile Street, Worcester, MA. Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender OUR COMMITMENT TO WORCESTER JUST GOT STRONGER. 866.959.BANK (2265) bankatunited.com Providence & Worcester R.R. Main St. 290 290 Francis McGrath Blvd. Myrtle Street Madison Street Foster St. Front St. Southbridge St. Washington St. La m a rti ne S treet Lafayette Street Main St. Foster St. Pleasant St. Beacon St. Franklin Street Chatham St. Austin St. Chandler St. Hernon St. Sycamore St. Temple St. Franklin St. Harding Street Green St. Water Street Winter St. Pearl St. Mechanic St. Commercial St. Union Station St. Vincent Hospital Worcester Common Hanover Theater City Hall 517 Main St. 521 Main St. suspended the club's liquor license for 22 days. The club allegedly was serving liquor from an unapproved vendor, ille- gally had full bottles of liquor on tables, failed to appoint a crowd-control manager and changed or dilut- ed the context of alcoholic drinks, according to a police report. Police reported multiple fights at the club in the early hours of May 20 and in other incidents last September and October. Deputy City Solicitor Jennifer Beaton, an attorney for the city, said the club has also been violating its lease because it operates only a few days a week and not as a full-service restau- rant as it was intended to be. "We have a tenant who is troubled, not performing in accordance with the lease," board member Michael Angelini said. The board, Angelini added, should be "guided by whether the activities of this tenant enhance or enrich the value and dignity of the building that we want it to be enriched or enhanced." "It seems to me that this is not this tenant," he said. Lava Lounge did not respond to messages seeking comment. The club, the former GD Lounge and Byblos Lounge, often operates on just one or two weekend nights. Its lease was to run through May 31, 2019. Board member Jennifer Gaskin criti- cized Lava Lounge's poor fit with the authority-owned train station. "I don't think that we'd ever intend to have a club in that area," she said. "It doesn't fit with what we're trying to do with Union Station." More Washington Square development WRA is also moving ahead on sell- ing a one-acre property on Washington Square. The authority plans to request from the City Council a roadway on the site once leading from Summer Street to Foster Street be legally discontinued so that the dead-end street could be built upon. The Washington Square rotary was also made smaller nearly a decade ago in part to increase the amount of developable land there. While the legality is ironed out, word has gotten out that the city is interested in selling the site, Traynor said. A 2006 study conducted for the city called for a four-story office building on the property. The sale listing of the one-acre prop- erty comes as the Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel finished construction on a separate Washington Square parcel, opening for customers on June 25. Michael Angelini, WRA board member Worcester urban revitilization zone W O R C E S T E R B U S I N E S S J O U R N A L M A P W

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