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A proposed 218-unit residential project behind a Shrewsbury Street shopping plaza is the latest city housing project to report delays.

Rob Halloran, who served on the Worcester Fire Department for nearly three decades, died last week after a battle with cancer that the firefighter's union characterized as "occupational cancer."

With new building codes on the horizon, battles will be fought in the name of progress, as developers and various interest groups are hesitant to make sweeping changes to make constructing the things their communities need more expensive and difficult to bring to fruition via constrictive rules.

Proposals for the former site of Notre Dame des Canadiens Church, an open space at CitySquare, and a parking lot on Portland Street are heading to the Planning Board on Feb. 1.

The site of AKROS Development’s planned development at the former site of Fairway Beef in Worcester’s Canal District presents a number of challenges for architecture firm.

AKROS Development owner Zachary Kiritsy purchased the former site of Fairway Beef in Worcester for $900,000.

"These days when I visit the store, instead of aisles of treasures, I just see a whole lot of room-temperature beer."

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The plaza currently includes Mexicali Cantina Grill and InHouse Coffee. At one time the building was home to Lawless Cadillac Pontiac.

AKROS Development of Boston is proposing a 90,000-square-foot mixed-use skyscraper with 105 apartments at the former site of Fairway Beef, which operated in the Canal District for 75 years.