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13-story tower planned for Canal District in Worcester, near Polar Park

WORCESTER  The owners of several properties in the Canal District are filing plans to build a 13-story mixed-use development on Green Street.  The Planning Board next week will take up site plan approval for 85, 89, 99 and 103 Green St.; 2 Plymouth St.; 5 and 7 Gold St.; and a portion of 62 Washington St. Gold Block Real Estate LLC is seeking to demolish the existing buildings and build a 13-story, 380,580 square-foot mixed-use building, with 318 dwelling units, around 29,000 square-feet of retail or food service space, and a 152-space parking garage.  Located at 89 Green St. is the former Sir Morgan s Cove club that made its mark on Worcester history when it hosted the Rolling Stones in Sept. 1981. Gold Block bought the building last year for $900,000. 

Less than 1% of $100 million spent building Polar Park in Worcester went to minority-owned businesses

Less than 1% of $100 million spent building Polar Park in Worcester went to minority-owned businesses Updated Apr 09, 2:49 PM; Posted Apr 09, 2:49 PM 04-01-2021, Polar Park, Worcester MA. Worcester Red Sox players on the field for a workout on April 1. Facebook Share When Worcester announced its 35-year lease with the Worcester Red Sox to occupy Polar Park, the city provided some statistics regarding the workforce that helped build the $100 million ballpark. About 95% of the project was built on union labor, with Worcester residents making up 22% of the workforce. The city also said people of color represented 22% of the workforce along with 6% women.

Polar Park Builder Admits Providing Inaccurate Reports That Exaggerated Minority Business Participation

Polar Park Builder Admits Providing Inaccurate Reports That Exaggerated Minority Business Participation Polar Park, the home of the Worcester Red Sox minor league baseball team. Photographed on April 6, 2021 in Worcester, Mass. Meredith Nierman Gilbane /Hunt, the construction manager for Worcester’s new minor league baseball park admitted Friday morning to filing inaccurate reports with the city that overstated the participation of minority-owned businesses in the construction project. The disclosure follows a GBH News investigation published Thursday that uncovered inaccuracies in Gilbane/Hunt’s reports to the city and found that of more than $100 million in construction contracts awarded for the project, less than 1% went to certified minority-owned subcontractors.

Worcester Spent More Than $100 Million Building Polar Park Minority Companies Got Peanuts

Worcester Spent More Than $100 Million Building Polar Park. Minority Companies Got Peanuts Libis Bueno, CEO of Domitek, stands outside of Polar Park in Worcester, Mass. on April 6, 2021. He said he and other minority-owned businesses were frozen out of the ballpark s construction contracts. Meredith Nierman Minority-owned businesses shut out of building Polar Park When the city of Worcester won the rights to build the new home for the Red Sox minor league affiliate, city leaders promised the giant construction project would bring vast new opportunities to local businesses particularly companies owned by women and minorities. But as the team prepares to take the field next month, GBH News has learned that minority-owned businesses were largely shut out of park construction.

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