Worcester To Seek $1.25M State Grant For Table Talk Apartments

WORCESTER, MA — Worcester will seek a more than $1.25 million MassWorks grant to support an apartment development planned for the Table Talk headquarters and factory in Kelley Square.

In early 2021, the developer Boston Capital revealed plans to turn the Table Talk building into a six-story, 79-unit affordable housing development. That's part of a larger $150 million Boston Capital project in the area that could add a mix of 350 affordable and market-rate apartments around Polar Park.

According to an application, Worcester would use the $1.25 million grant to rebuild Spruce Street between Washington and Green streets, plus rebuild utilities in the area.

The MassWorks grants program funds infrastructure projects around larger developments. Worcester got a $1.5 million MassWorks grant in 2020 — also for the Polar Park area — to build a new street connecting Madison to Lamartine and Hermon streets.

Worcester is also requesting $1.02 million from MassWorks for a separate project to rebuild Brookview Drive at the Great Brook Valley complex.

Table Talk is moving into a new 120,000 square-foot building along Southgate Street. That project was projected to be complete this summer.