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Symmetry plans to protect a historic cemetery as part of the project.

The land is home to a cemetery where Germantown settler Zachariah Waters’ family is buried.

Investors to pay $275,000 for three-story building.

The Valley added 17,500 new jobs in construction during the 12-month period that ended November 30.

Baltimore’s Atlas Restaurant Group plans to bring another taste of the Mediterranean to Harbor East this spring with a new waterfront venue across from Ouzo Bay. “Ouzo Beach,” an extension of the Greek restaurant, will be a 120-seat bar and lounge styled to look like the gated courtyard of a Mediterranean villa, complete with palm … Read more

Positive growth was seen throughout most major Texas metros.

It was an eventful 12 months in a critical Portland sector.

Mission Road Antique Mall officially wrapped up operations Dec. 31, the Shawnee Mission Post reports. The 50,000-square-foot antique mall, which opened in 1994, had grown to more than 300 vendors, according to its website. The mall was located at 83rd Street and Mission Road in Prairie Village inside the former Woolford Farms stables, a site … Read more

In local news: This spring will mark a year since the Lynx Blue Line Extension opened, linking uptown to UNC Charlotte via light rail, but a wave of development spurred by the new transit connections had already started by that time. Expect the trend to continue in the new year, with major projects ahead for … Read more

Amazon.com Inc. will lean more on Whole Foods Market Inc. in the coming years as it tries to put more customers within range of the internet giant’s two-hour delivery service. That’s according to a Dec. 31 article from the Wall Street Journal, which reports that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) will go from cost-cutting mode for Austin-based … Read more

After a frenzied few years, the market experienced a slight shift mid-2018. Will it hold up this year?

This major downtown-area project joins billions of dollars in new development in fast-growing Central Florida communities.

Though it may be a few more years before the full effect is felt, significant changes will begin this year in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.

The owner of Menlo Park’s Red Cottage Inn has plans to convert the property into a hotel three times the size. Yet neighbors of the 28-room hotel at 1704 El Camino Real have threatened to appeal, the East Bay Times reports. Owner Sagar Patel, who hopes to replace the current hotel with a 68-room Hampton … Read more

Netflix faced criticism Wednesday from human rights groups for pulling an episode in Saudi Arabia of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” series that criticized the kingdom’s powerful crown prince.

Greater Cincinnati started the new year with its first restaurant closure, WCPO reports. “This location has closed,” a sign on the door at Mitchell’s Fish Market in Newport on the Levee announced. “We are grateful for the friends we have made and we look forward to service you at another one of our locations nearby.” … Read more

The study – the LaVilla Neighborhood Development Strategy – was commissioned in 2016 by the Downtown Investment Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority and City of Jacksonville to evaluate the assets, infrastructure and opportunities around JTA’s $58 million transportation hub.

Seeking greener projects, which many consumers continue to embrace despite an anti-environmental mood in Washington, builders are choosing timber for offices, apartments and campus buildings, rather than the concrete and steel that dominated construction for decades.

Blue Heron Asset Management is expanding its Triangle portfolio.

We asked business and community leaders throughout Silicon Valley what they thought 2018 would be remembered for, what to expect from 2019 and what they saw the future of San Jose to be. Click through the gallery above or one of the names below to see what they said.

It’s the second time in as many months that a big business park in Bothell has sold.

Amazon.com Inc. will lean more on Whole Foods Market Inc. in the coming years as it tries to put more customers within range of the internet giant’s two-hour delivery service. That’s according to a Dec. 31 article from the Wall Street Journal, which reports that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) will go from cost-cutting mode for Austin-based … Read more

A Walden Avenue shopping center sells for $1.375 million.

Apartment rent in Austin during 2018 grew an average of $57 a month, or 4.4 percent, to yield an average monthly rent of $1,361, according to RentCafe. Nationwide, apartment rent grew about $42, or 3.1 percent, to $1,419, the report found. Los Angeles saw rents increase by 6.6 percent while Chicago saw rents bump up … Read more

Shares of electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company cut vehicle prices by $2,000 and announced fourth-quarter sales figures that fell short of Wall Street estimates.

A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people and injured 16 others as it crossed a bridge linking the country’s islands, authorities said.

“We’ve never had to turn away so much business,” said Steve Wathen, CEO of Equity and Equity Construction Solutions. “It’s really peaked for us and the employment market is getting incredible challenging. We simply can’t staff up to handle the business coming in.”

Pike Electric Corp. in Mount Airy bought two local tracts totaling 33 acres that could be used for a private air strip.

The property was previously used as a police firing range.

Here are 11 people you should know as we head into 2019.

SBE Hotel Group will continue managing SLS Brickell.

For more than a century, Weccacoe Square Playground in Queen Village has hummed with the rhythms of daily life. On the surface, it is the kind of place anyone would want around the corner – pretty but not too precious, well-loved and tended by an active group of neighbors. Kids have room to play kickball, … Read more

The manufacturer has doubled sales over the last two years.

The sale follows a $180 million deal.

The future of retail is not all artificial-intelligence driven online shopping. Here are some trends to look for in 2019: Giant online retailer Amazon bought Whole Foods and offers package pickup from online Amazon orders at some Whole Foods locations. Amazon also has opened a handful of Amazon Go cashierless stores and bookstores.  Meanwhile, Walmart, … Read more

Michael Tomko may be a lawyer by trade, but he’s playing the role of local tour guide these days. That’s because the 29-year-old, Harvard-educated Clintonville native is playing a role in the city’s history, or rather preserving it. The president of Tomko Co., which specializes in historic redevelopment projects, recently led me through his latest … Read more

The historic building in downtown Raleigh has traded hands for the first time in four decades and the new owners are planning $15 million in renovations.

An affiliate of Atlanta-based Preferred Office Properties made one of 2018’s largest sales in Charlotte commercial real estate on a total sale basis.

You all have likely seen by now that Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 news led our roundup of top business stories of 2018. And now that the business leaders who helped bring that deal home, or who are most likely to benefit from it, can take a breath — well, we asked them to have a little … Read more

Qatar Airways says it now holds a 5 percent share in China Southern Airlines, helping expand the Gulf carrier’s reach in one of the world’s fastest growing aviation markets.

Stock markets started the new year with a tumble, as disappointing Chinese economic data on Wednesday renewed concerns that a global trade war is weighing on growth.

Asian stock markets tumbled Wednesday as 2019 trading began, after surveys showed Chinese manufacturing weakening.

Thousands of Peruvians marched in protest again Tuesday decrying the attorney general’s dismissal of a team investigating the sweeping Odebrecht corruption case in a move that President Martin Vizcarra decried as “profoundly damaging.”

I’ve never been a big fan of grandiose big-stories-of-the-year pieces. Big events tend to have long tails, so reciting a list of the most significant stories means cramming together months worth of coverage. Besides, do you really need reminded that Sprint may merge with T-Mobile? Picking a list of my favorite stories of 2018 is … Read more

The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq’s stagnating economy, threatening the new government’s ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests.

Germans hoping to do some New Year’s shopping may find themselves without the cash to do so amid a strike by security van drivers.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown dragged on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting, “Let’s make a deal?”

As another year goes into the books, it’s worth examining exactly who’s going to make a big splash as the calendar turns to January. This year’s roster of business leaders to watch in the upcoming year includes an outspoken city official, a local surgeon who’s aiming to reform health care for three of the country’s … Read more

2019 may bring another department store in retreat, dueling building booms in the city, and signs of life for two major brownfields.

Far gone are the days when the stereotypical profile of a construction worker actually held true. Today, there is not one single face of the industry. Construction professionals today show diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status, and with efforts underway to strengthen the industry by enhancing heterogeneity, it will become even more … Read more