The Central SoMa plan hit by lawsuit

Just a month after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the ambitious Central South of Market plan, a nonprofit housing group has filed a lawsuit challenging the rezoning that could jumpstart a wave of unprecedented development in the city’s swelling SoMa area. The upzoning increases the height limit on some high-rises to 400 feet … Read more

Whole Foods may take over shuttered Sears stores, reports say

Will Whole Foods Markets take over some of the vacated spaces left by closed Sears and Kmart stores? It’s being considered, according to reports. It’s a model both companies have experimented with in the Triad. According to YahooFinance, the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain, now owned by Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 … Read more

Whole Foods may take over shuttered Sears stores, reports say

Will Whole Foods Markets take over some of the vacated spaces left by closed Sears and Kmart stores? It’s being considered, according to reports. According to YahooFinance, the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain, now owned by Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion), is looking at moving into empty commercial real … Read more

Whole Foods may take over shuttered Sears stores, reports say

Will Whole Foods Markets take over some of the vacated spaces left by closed Sears and Kmart stores? It’s being considered, according to reports. According to Yahoo Finance, the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain, now owned by Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion), is looking at moving into empty commercial … Read more

Linda Rabbitt steps down as Rand Construction's CEO after nearly 30 years

Linda Rabbitt, a pioneer in construction and a mentor to countless women in commercial real estate, has stepped down as chief executive of Rand Construction, passing the reins of the Alexandria company to former First Potomac Realty Trust CEO Bob Milkovich. The transition comes nearly three decades after Rabbitt founded the general contractor and more … Read more

Whole Foods may backfill shuttered Sears and Kmart stores, reports say

Whole Foods Market could take over some vacated spaces left by Sears and Kmart stores, according to reports. According to YahooFinance, the Austin-based grocery store chain is looking at moving into empty commercial real estate spaces that were once occupied by Sears and Kmart stores. That fits in nicely with Amazon’s.com Inc.’s effort to swamp … Read more

Hoover to consider revised plans for pet boarding facility on John Hawkins Parkway

A controversial project in Hoover is back before city leaders. The Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission has once again approved plans for a $3.5 million to $4 million PetSuites Resort on John Hawkins Parkway — this time with significant revisions, according to the Hoover Sun. In November, the Hoover City Council rejected a previous plan … Read more

Bayer to close long-time regional office in Robinson, cutting 569 jobs

Bayer announced today that it is closing its regional headquarters campus in Robinson Township. Long a key corporate anchor for the Parkway West and the region as a whole, the German conglomerate announced the move as part of its consolidation in the wake of acquiring Monsanto. Bayer expects to wind down the operation in Robinson … Read more

AT&T picks up residential building as it expands downtown Dallas presence

AT&T has purchased the Interurban Building in Dallas. Located at 1500 Jackson St., residential renters within the building first received notice that the building’s ownership would change on Jan. 10, though contracts would remain in effect. The news was first reported by D Magazine. A representative from Greystar, the Interurban Building’s management company, confirmed with … Read more

PBS sticks with Crystal City, shifting HQ to Earth Treks building

PBS is sticking with Arlington. JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) announced Tuesday the nonprofit Public Broadcasting Service will relocate in mid-2020 from 2100 Crystal Drive, which it has called home since 2006, to 1225 S. Clark St. The two buildings are about a half mile apart. Under the 15-year lease, PBS will take 120,328 square … Read more

Whole Foods looking at shuttered Sears and Kmart locations, reports say

Whole Foods Market could take over some vacated spaces left by Sears and Kmart stores, according to reports. According to YahooFinance, the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain, now owned by Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion), is looking at moving into empty commercial real estate spaces that were once occupied … Read more

COhatch looks to spread its community hub model to smaller cities across Midwest

COhatch has a plan to take its coworking brand nationwide. Founder Matt Davis says through licensing, he hopes to see his coworking and entrepreneurship hubs pop up in small and mid-size cities in other areas. This would continue the expansion of the concept, which started in Worthington and has since made plans to open a … Read more

Go inside Mole Y Abuela, the new restaurant in the former Fly Bar space in downtown Tampa (Photos)

Lanfranco Pescante wants to be clear: Mole Y Abuela is not a Mexican restaurant. It is, he says, a Spanish, Mediterranean and Mexican fusion restaurant, with an emphasis on tapas. It will open in early February in a space that was previously home to Fly Bar in downtown Tampa. “I didn’t want to do another … Read more

Atlanta developers adding more housing in suburban downtowns

Atlanta developers continue looking at ways to bring more housing into suburban downtowns. In Roswell, S.J. Collins Enterprises will partner with Davis Development Group to build 128 apartments on the site of a former popular breakfast spot known as the Southern Skillet. The city’s downtown development authority had bought the shopping center where the restaurant stood … Read more

Whole Foods looking at shuttered Sears and Kmart locations, reports say

Whole Foods Market could take over some vacated spaces left by Sears and Kmart stores, according to reports. According to YahooFinance, the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain, now owned by Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion), is looking at moving into empty commercial real estate spaces that were once occupied … Read more

Whole Foods ending expansion of smaller 365 stores

Whole Foods Market’s 365 experiment is over. Heralded by the Austin-based grocery chain as a way to win over price-conscious customers when it launched in 2016, there are 12 locations nationwide of Whole Foods 365, including one in Akron. But the company won’t open any more of the smaller stores, according to multiple media reports … Read more

Habitat for Humanity relocating Atlanta headquarters to Peachtree Center

Habitat for Humanity is relocating its downtown Atlanta headquarters. The organization, which works to eliminate substandard housing, has signed a 54,603-square-foot lease at the Marquis Two Tower in Peachtree Center. Habitat for Humanity is moving from downtown’s 270 Peachtree. It plans to occupy the new space by November. Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity International CEO, said … Read more

Hull Street Blues Cafe owner says he's not going anywhere

Hull Street Blues Cafe, a quintessential old-school Baltimore bar and restaurant known for its Sunday brunch buffet, seafood and steamship round, isn’t for sale despite an auction notice posted online, the owner said Monday. Dan Macatee said a legal mix-up over the property’s mortgage led to the foreclosure auction notice on Alex Cooper Auctioneers website. … Read more

Cool Offices: As GlobalTranz revs up local expansion plans, its Mpls. office showcases its trucking roots

Design features in GlobalTranz Enterprises Inc.’s new Minneapolis office showcase the logistics-tech company’s roots in freight brokerage. The first thing one sees stepping into the space are Goodyear tires hanging like chandeliers from the ceiling. The staircase connecting the office’s two floors in the Capella Tower is walled in by shipping straps and exposed concrete. There are faux tire … Read more

Beavercreek's restaurant craze most seen around major transit

With so many shopping centers along the Interstates 75 and 675 corridors from Dayton to Columbus, there are plenty of places for new-to-town restaurants to put down roots.  So it’s no surprise that Beavercreek has become a restaurant Mecca. And the epicenter has become The Mall at Fairfield Commons.  As the mall has reinvented itself … Read more

Why US classrooms are starting to resemble arcades

It’s 1 o’clock on a Wednesday afternoon in Wallingford, Connecticut, and about 20 children are watching a screen at the front of the room as they take turns navigating challenges and collecting virtual currency to unlock powers, outfits and pets for their characters.