Mass. hotel to lay off all staff and close — then be replaced by 300 apartments
A hotel in Middlesex County will be closing in December and will be replaced by apartments.
The Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center at 219 Littleton Road will be sold to developer Redgate, with the sale closing on Dec. 18, according to Mark Waxler, asset manager for the hotel.
All 62 employees at the hotel will be laid off, according to a Massachusetts Workers Adjustment Retraining Notice filed with the state on Oct. 16. Waxler said some of the employees will be transferred to the company's sister hotel, the Boxboro Regency in Boxborough, and the company is working with all employees to help them find new positions.
The staff includes about 34 food and beverage employees, 15 housekeeping and maintenance employees, seven front desk workers, three administrators and three salespeople, according to a letter sent by the hotel's ownership group, Empire Hospitality LLC, to the state Department of Career Services.
The Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center on Littleton Road.Google
According to its website , the hotel has 193 rooms and was recently renovated.
The Regency will be torn down and replaced with two buildings containing a total of about 300 homes, according to conceptual plans shared on the town website.
The project is located within the new multifamily housing zoning district passed in Westford under the MBTA Communities Act .
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