Austin has gained much in its recent meteoric rise as a major U.S. city — a booming technology sector, a downtown vibrant in commerce and nightlife, and a destination reputation bolstered by the likes of Austin City Limits and South by Southwest. But a top-league professional sports franchise has eluded America’s 11th-most populous city. No … Read more
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. opens its new store in Clearwater on Wednesday — one of 15 new locations on tap for Florida. The Clearwater store, at U.S. 19 and Sunset Point Road, is the seventh Sprouts location in the state. Before the end of the second quarter, four more will open in Florida, in Naples, Wellington, … Read more
The project would include workforce housing and commercial space.
The center will house as many as eight retail tenants.
“There’s no conflict there. I want people to know that,” Qubein said.
First Watch Inc., a fast-casual restaurant chain, plans to open one of its eateries in the Gateway Shopping Center in Devon. The restaurant serves breakfast and lunch and offers a menu based on fresh ingredients for such items as avocado toast and egg white burritos. It will fill 3,333 square feet of space formerly occupied … Read more
Metro is cutting its portfolio of surplus property, announcing a fire sale of sorts of eight lots spanning D.C, Maryland and Virginia that the transit system deems “ideal for development.” The properties, ranging from less than a quarter acre up to nearly 40 acres, will be sold “to save money by reducing maintenance expenses on … Read more
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. will open its first South Florida store March 20 — one of 15 new locations on tap for the Sunshine State. The supermarket chain’s latest Florida opening was in Clearwater on Wednesday. It’s the seventh Sprouts location in the state. Before the end of the second quarter, Sprouts will open in Naples, … Read more
Organizers of downtown High Point’s revitalization project have found a home for the $20 million Congdon Events Center, which will be bigger than originally planned. New plans for the events center call for building a 25,000-square-foot facility that will connect to two historic properties – The Factory and Plant Seven at the corner of English … Read more
An undisclosed company is considering downtown Burlington for its headquarters, creating 33 jobs with an average salary of $70,455. On Tuesday, the Burlington City Council voted to apply for a N.C. Commerce Building Reuse Grant of $325,000 for “Project Fiber.” If the state approves the grant, the council must approve a 5 percent local match … Read more
Sears will live on — at least for now.
Scientists say the world’s permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a decade.
Britain’s Parliament has delivered a crushing verdict on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal, rejecting it by 432 votes to 202 — the biggest defeat suffered by a government in modern British political history.
New vehicle sales in Malaysia rebounded last year after two straight years of contraction, thanks to a three-month tax holiday, but growth is likely to remain flat this year amid uncertainties over government policies, an automotive group said Wednesday.
European Union leaders were pleading Wednesday with the U.K. to finally get its act together on Brexit, end internal strife and come up with a realistic plan to leave the bloc — well over two years after Britain decided to leave the EU and departure just 10 weeks away.
Venture X, a firm that provides shared office space, is opening a new location in Las Colinas, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News. The company has leased 12,000 square feet at 955 W. John Carpenter Freeway in Las Colinas, the report said. Florida-based Venture X will open the new location next week. … Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday to remain in office — but saw more of her power ebb away as she battled to keep Brexit on track after lawmakers demolished her European Union divorce deal.
The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
Delta Air Lines can’t get eight new aircraft in the air. Roughly a million government employees and contractors aren’t being paid. Some Americans who are trying to start small businesses face delays in obtaining the required tax identification number from the IRS.
Brexit has British business owners on edge — and that is great news for Lovespace, a storage and warehousing company outside London.
World shares were mostly higher Wednesday as investors shrugged off the parliamentary defeat of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for leaving the European Union.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday called climate change “a huge issue” but not the “greatest crisis,” drawing fire from Democrats at his confirmation hearing over the regulatory rollbacks he’s made in six months as the agency’s acting administrator.
The nation’s craft beer taps are being squeezed by the government shutdown, which has put new releases on hold, prevented new breweries from opening and stopped shipments of some suds across state lines.
The local news industry hasn’t been the subject of much good news itself, lately.
The Howard Hughes Corp. has told the city of Elk Grove it plans to demolish the dormant and partially constructed mall near Kammerer Road and Highway 99. Dallas-based Howard Hughes (NYSE: HHC) owns the project formerly known as the Outlook Collection at Elk Grove on the southeast side of the city just off Highway 99. … Read more
Airbnb will open its first South Bay office location in downtown San Jose as part of an effort to “grow its workforce and presence across the Bay Area.”
The Offices at Chandler Viridian, a 250,000-square-foot office building, is the final piece in a $250 million master-planned mixed-use development.
Manaolana Partners has hired Ian MacLeod, whose background includes working with high-end luxury real estate brands such as Ritz-Carlton, as director of sales for the $1 billion project.
Following a series of departures in the past year, a group of real estate attorneys are now leaving Foster Pepper for Stoel Rives.
Airbnb will open its first South Bay office location in downtown San Jose as part of an effort to “grow its workforce and presence across the Bay Area.”
The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local):
Interest in Oakland has been warming for years, but the 355,000-square-foot deal puts a stamp of legitimacy on the office market’s ability to compete with San Francisco.
The new pair plans to develop more than 1,200 residential units across the D.C. region.
Alexander & Baldwin Inc. has purchased two industrial warehouse buildings in Kapolei for $40 million, the first acquisition financed by the Hawaii real estate investment trust’s $262 million sale of former sugar plantation land on Maui. The two adjacent parcels located on Opule Street in the first phase of Kapolei Business Park total 6.45 acres … Read more
United Airlines reported Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped 20 percent due to higher fuel and labor costs, but its profit and revenue both beat analysts’ expectations.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said this week it will file for bankruptcy, raising concern that rates for electricity and gas will rise and victims of California wildfires who are suing the nation’s largest utility won’t get all the money they may be owed.
Cancer-fighting Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. will cut about 20 percent of its 209-person workforce as it tries to push more drugs into clinical trials and advance those already being tested on patients. The move — the first large-scale layoff in the South San Francisco biotech company’s 17 years — comes during a sustained push by … Read more
And he’s planning to put up millions of dollars to build it.
Interest in Oakland has been heating up for years, but the 355,000-square-foot deal puts a stamp of legitimacy on the office market’s ability to compete with San Francisco.
Austin has gained much in its recent meteoric rise as a major U.S. city — a booming technology sector, a downtown vibrant in commerce and nightlife, and a destination reputation bolstered by the likes of Austin City Limits and South by Southwest. But a top-league professional sports franchise has eluded America’s 11th-most populous city. No … Read more
Social media company Facebook leased up more than 450,000 square feet of industrial space in the East Bay as more Silicon Valley companies gobble up space.
Social media company Facebook leased up more than 450,000 square feet of industrial space in the East Bay.
Sunrise Mall has sold for at least the second time in four years, again to an entity based in New York state.
If real estate developer Todd Hitt’s Kiddar Capital owes you money, then you have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 to make a claim, according to a notice published in the Washington Business Journal’s Jan. 11 print issue. Any person or business that fails to make a claim by the deadline will be prohibited from … Read more
Rogue Fitness wants to build a 3,500-4,000-seat arena in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood. While designs are being finalized, the company says it hopes to build the multi-purpose arena immediately north of the fitness company’s headquarters at 1101 Cleveland Ave., near the intersection with East 5th Avenue. “We wanted to do something that would build excitement around … Read more
Paul Allen had a knack for getting the right people in a room. The Business Journal’s second annual Outlook 2019 event was planned with that in mind. Join us this Friday as we convene some of Seattle’s leading voices in business, politics and sports to talk about Allen’s impact and to look at the year … Read more
Shared-living operators, which specialize in providing housing to low-income millennials, is a burgeoning business. New York-based companies such as WeWork and Common, as well as San Jose, California-based Starcity, have each built large co-living developments in various urban neighborhoods. Medici Living Group is another company that wants a bigger slice of the market. The Berlin-based … Read more
Many high-profile Milwaukee business executives support expanding the city’s downtown convention center and proponents have met individually with 28 members of the Wisconsin Legislature but remain in a quiet period of lobbying for possible funding sources.
The grocer’s new Seattle office space is in a Sabey Corp. building, three blocks from the Whole Foods on Westlake.
The aim of the project is to mix smaller yards and homes with a high amenity package, with an aim of appealing to millennials who normally would look at buying a resale home.