49 and 51 Cabot St. The expansion and site remediation were announced at a news conference at the plant attended by Mayor Michael J. Sullivan and MassDevelopment Executive Director Michael P. Hogan.
Remediation is the act of cleaning a site of contaminants.
MassDevelopment is the state's economic development authority. Central Mass has purchased a parcel at 57 Cabot St., which was the former site of a funeral home. Negotiations between city and company officials to purchase the two parcels were stalled after the site was found contaminated with fuel oils. The site used to house apartment buildings. The agency supports projects that will clean brownfields polluted sites and make them suitable for industrial expansion.