>> WORCESTER'S EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
>> SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION, WORCESTER HAS SEEN ACCELERATING EMPLOYMENT GROWTH.
WE ARE WAY ABOVE WHERE WE ARE BACK IN 2000.
OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WORCESTER, NEW EMPLOYMENT.
>> THAT GROWS MOST EVERYTHING ELSE INCLUDING HOUSING.
REAL ESTATE PRICES ARE UP AND NOW THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE IN OLD OVERLOOKED PROPERTIES.
ABANDONED DISTRESSED STRUCTURES.
>> ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES.
WE USE THESE FACTORIES, SCHOOLS AND TURN THEM IN WONDERFUL PLACES TO LIVE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS, 48 WATER STREET IN THE CANAL DISTRICT.
ENVELOPES WERE MADE HERE AND LATER A FURNITURE STORE.
IT'S A BIG MOTCH.
>> WE BOTH LIVE AND WORK IN BOSTON.
>> THE BOSTON COMMUTE, FACTORING THAT INSTILL DECIDED TO BUY A CONDO HERE.
>> WE HAD A LOFT IN DOWNTOWN BUILDING ONLINE, WE REALLY WERE TAKEN WITH THE STYLE OF IT.
>> ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES THAT DREW US IS THE 30-FOOT CEILINGS AND THE BEAMS AND THE BRICK IN THE SPACE.
UNDER NEETH HERE, YOU HAVE A KITCHEN, DEN, FULL BATH AND DINING AREA AND GO UP THE STAIRS, FULL BATH, TWO.
WE BOUGHT IT FOR $263,000, WHICH YOU COULDN'T TOUCH IT FOR A SHOEBOX.
THE PRICES ARE ALL THE WAY UP AND COMPETITIVELY FOR THIS TYPE OF SPACE, WE CAN GET THIS SPACE FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF WHAT IT WILL COST IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.
>> WORCESTER IS A A PROPERTY MARKET.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO CLOSER TO BOSTON TO GET THE APPRECIATION.
THAT IS A PLOM MISSING DEVELOPMENT.
>> IT WAS MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS THAT DEVELOPED THIS COUPLE.
>> WHEN WE WALKED AROUND AND CHECKED OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE THOUGHT WOW, THIS IS REALLY COOL, SOMETHING NEAT GOING ON HERE, THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY AND INTERESTING THINGS.
>> A CROSS SECTION OF TRENDY BARS AND RESTAURANTS WITHIN WATER, GREEN AND HARDING STREETS.
COLLECTIVE FEATURING CAFE FARE.
TIME-HONORED ESTABLISHMENTS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIX.
THE TABLE TALK PIE OUTLET AMONG OTHERS.
>> JOE PETTY IS WORCESTER'S MAYOR.
>> PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT US.
THE BOSTON PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT INVESTING HERE AND PEOPLE COMING TO WORCESTER.
>> THE PUBLIC MARKET WILL BE OPENING HERE AT KELLY SQUARE.
WE CAN LIVE A SIMILAR KIND OF LIFESTYLE WHAT WE HAD IT IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON BUT DO IT HERE IN WORCESTER.
>> ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS IS BLOWING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SEVEN IGLOOS HEATED ALL WINTER LONG AT LOCK 50 RESTAURANT AND WINE BAR.
>> I HAD TO BRING A PERSON ON FULL-TIME TO ANSWER THE PHONE.
>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A CONTEMPORARY SMALL PLACE WITH A MEDITERRANEAN FLAIR.
>> BOURBON AND SWEET VERMOUTH AND WE INFUSE THE GLASS WITH CHERRY SMOKE.
WE PUT IT ON THE MENU A YEAR AGO.
>> TONIGHT THEY ARE COOKING SPANISH OCTO PMP US AND GNOCCHI.
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