BusinessWest (July 18, 2025) George O’Brien The Next Chapter When Jeff Daley first pitched the Westmass Area Development Corp. board on the concept of redeveloping a portion of the former Monson Developmental Center (MDC) campus, it wasn’t a hard sell, necessarily. “But it was a sell,” said Daley, the agency’s president and CEO, and for […]
“Westmass Area Development Corporation is committed to transforming the Monson Development Center into a vibrant, mixed-use community that meets the housing and economic development needs of the region. Through strategic planning, strong public-private partnerships, and phased redevelopment, Westmass will remediate, repurpose, and revitalize the long-dormant site in a way that complements and maintains the Town […]
Westmass is proud to announce the opening of Tandem Bagel Co. at 44 Riverside Drive – a key milestone in the continued transformation of the Ludlow Mills into a vibrant mixed-use destination. Located in the historic Carpentry building overlooking the Chicopee River, Tandem Bagel brings new energy to this corner of the Mills campus, just […]
We’re excited to welcome Dan Knapik to the growing Westmass team! Dan Knapik joins us as Vice President of Operations, bringing more than 35 years of experience across both the public and private sectors. His background includes environmental consulting, brownfields redevelopment, municipal leadership, and clean energy strategy. Dan’s broad expertise will support our development services […]
WinnCompanies and Westmass Deliver 95 Mixed-Income Units for Adults 55+ BOSTON (November 18, 2024) – WinnCompanies, an award-winning national owner, developer and manager of high-impact apartment communities, and Westmass Area Development Corporation (Westmass) today announced the opening of The Residences at Mill 8, a mixed-income community in Ludlow, MA, featuring 95 apartments for adults 55 and older. […]
BusinessWest (November 21, 2024) Joseph Bednar Developing a Strategy Since its inception in 1960, the role of Westmass Area Development Corp. has remained remarkably consistent in many ways. Created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a not-for-profit economic and real-estate development firm, its mission has long been to develop and manage properties and enhance and […]
Boston Globe (November 20, 2024) Jon Chesto So which giant tech company is going to set up a major operation in Westfield? Will it be Amazon, Alphabet, or maybe Microsoft? The state Legislature last week approved a measure that exempts data centers from the state’s sales and use tax. And a massive project near the Westfield-Barnes Regional […]
EPA (May 20, 2024) The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Westmass Area Development Corporation for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to clean up the Ludlow Mills #11, Ludlow Mills #9, and Warehouse #199 sites located at Riverside Drive and […]
WWLP (April 30, 2024) Kiara Smith, Emma McCorkindale BELCHERTOWN – State Senator Jake Oliveira led a tour Tuesday for State Senate leadership highlighting his district and vital community issues. One stop on Senator Oliveira’s tour, Ludlow Mills, which features renovated Grist Mill buildings. This area was previously the largest brownfield, or abandoned industrial land, in […]