KC natives will bring Goodcents to Texas with 10-unit franchise deal
The regional sandwich chain signed an area representative agreement that calls for the new stores to be built within the next five years. It recently did two other similar deals with other franchisees in Nebraska and Pennsylvania.
Honolulu Mayor has signed a bill requiring naloxone spray in bars, nightclubs
Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed a bill into law last week that requires bars and restaurants with liquor licenses in Honolulu carry naloxone spray, which is used to prevent opioid overdoses.
American Savings Bank opens application process for 2023 KeikiCo Contest
“Our KeikiCo Contest never fails to amaze us with the incredible talent displayed by Hawaii’s young leaders,” Ann Teranishi, president and CEO at ASB, said in a statement.
First look: Inside Otherworld, the new immersive experience opening Friday in Northeast Philadelphia
Otherworld Philadelphia has 46 rooms of immersive art installations and interactive games and puzzles inside what was formerly a Forman Mills store.
Tryko Partners’ Fountain View at Logan Square, formerly the Watermark, undergoing $25M renovation
Tryko Partners acquired the building for $55.6 million last October and rebranded it to Fountain View at Logan Square.
The Petri Dish: Alexion buys Pfizer gene therapies in $1B deal; Peter Hecht’s plan to save Cyclerion assets
Peter Hecht, the co-founder and CEO of embattled biotech Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCN), is heading up a new startup that's effectively a life raft for Cyclerion's research. Elsewhere in the Petri Dish: a $1 billion deal for Pfizer gene therapies, a succession plan for a founder-led biotech organization, and a new Longwood Fund spinout with assets from GSK.
Mezzanine loan sold for debt-troubled Club Quarters Philadelphia hotel
There's a new development in the saga of the Club Quarters hotel in Philadelphia and three other cities.
Mezzanine loan sold for debt-troubled Club Quarters San Francisco hotel
The loan also involves three other hotels in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Sinclair CEO says company is ready to spend $300M from its investment portfolio
CEO Chris Ripley said the company reorganized recently to give its investment portfolio more “transactional flexibility.”
American National Bank of Texas and its CEO Robert Hulsey are fiercely independent — and successful
Robert Hulsey guarantees two things as he discusses the future of American National Bank of Texas: The bank will remain independent and continue to grow.