Sutton Town Hall. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0
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Sutton, Massachusetts
Commercial Real Estate
The Route 146 corridor.
Sutton sits south of Worcester on Route 146, the highway between Worcester and Providence. The town calls the corridor a growing retail and commercial destination, and its business, office and industrial zoning lines the highway.
9,662
Population
$11.55
Tax Rate / $1,000 (FY2026)
0
Available Properties
$156,215
Median Household Income
Sutton’s commercial map is one road. Route 146 runs north to Worcester and the Mass Pike interchange in Millbury and south to Providence, and the town has zoned its frontage for business, office and industry under a single overlay district. We handle sales, leasing and investment property along the corridor and across town.
Retail and business on 146
The town calls Route 146 a growing retail and commercial destination. Pleasant Valley Crossing, a 220,000 SF shopping center, sits on it, and the Business-Highway district allows offices and hotels by right and stores and restaurants by special permit.
The Boston Road crossing is a signalized intersection, widened in 2015, and MassDOT’s 2024 corridor study treats it as the focal point of the highway in town and a long-range candidate for an interchange.
Industrial Sutton
Sutton’s industrial district allows manufacturing, wholesale and offices by right, and its manufacturers make packaging, plastics, trailers and industrial equipment. On Unified Parkway the Kraft Group began a large warehouse development in 2022.
For an industrial owner the pitch is the road: Route 146 to the Pike in minutes, and Providence the other way. For a tenant it is a single tax rate across the town.
Commercial Corridors
Key Business Districts
Route 146
Retail and commercial frontage, including the Pleasant Valley Crossing shopping center
Unified Parkway
Industrial land where the Kraft Group began a large warehouse development in 2022
Boston Road at Route 146
The signalized crossing at the center of MassDOT’s Route 146 corridor study
Zoning
Zoning Districts
Regional Access
Transportation
Route 146: North to Worcester, south to Providence, with interchanges at Purgatory Road and Central Turnpike
I-90 (Mass Pike): Through the Route 146 interchange in Millbury, just north of town
Boston Road: Through town to its crossing with Route 146
Economic Base
Major Employers
UN1F1ED2 Global Packaging
Packaging manufacturing
Polyvinyl Films
Plastics manufacturing
IBA Dairy Supplies
Dairy equipment
Primetals Technologies
Industrial equipment
Northeast Great Dane
Trailers
Investment Thesis
Why Sutton?
Sutton is Route 146: the highway between Worcester and Providence, with the Mass Pike interchange just north of town in Millbury. The town zones its 146 frontage for business, office and industry under one overlay district, and the whole town pays a single tax rate of $11.55 per $1,000 (FY2026).
Common Questions
Sutton Commercial Real Estate FAQ
Retail and highway business along Route 146, including the Pleasant Valley Crossing shopping center; industrial and warehouse land on Unified Parkway; and office and light industrial space in the town’s OLI district. Sutton’s Route 146 Overlay District covers every business, industrial and office parcel with frontage on the highway.
Sutton uses a single tax rate for FY2026: $11.55 per $1,000 of assessed value for residential, commercial, industrial and personal property alike.
By Route 146. The Pike interchange sits just north of town in Millbury, where Route 146 meets the turnpike and Route 20; Worcester is up 146 and Providence is down it.
Yes: sales, leasing and investment property along Route 146 and across town. If you own here and are weighing a sale, start with a free broker opinion of value.
Local Insights
Market Momentum
The Route 146 Overlay District covers every business, industrial and office parcel with highway frontage
The Kraft Group began a 2.4 million SF industrial development on Unified Parkway in 2022
MassDOT’s Route 146 corridor study (2024) treats the Boston Road crossing as the focal point of the highway in town
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Market data last updated: October 2026. Sources: Town Assessor, U.S. Census, MA DOR.