Summary:

This report focuses on the initial impacts of Plainridge Park Casino (PPC) on the residential, commercial, and industrial real estate markets for Plainville and its surrounding communities. It follows an earlier report that documented residential and commercial real estate trends prior to the opening of PPC. The analysis uses several sources of secondary data, including property sales records from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Division of Local Services, data on rental market conditions from the American Community Survey (ACS), the U.S. Census Bureau’s Manufacturing and Construction Division, and proprietary data obtained from CoStar, the nation’s largest provider of data on commercial properties, and Valassis Lists, a direct mail marketing firm.