Industry roundtable: Wine, Beer, Cider & Spirits
How do you grow your business in New York? How can distilleries and breweries work together? Is it hard to get your product in stores? What new regulations is the industry facing? Law firm Hodgson Russ and the Albany Business Review hosted a discussion to answer these questions and more. Melissa Mangini, editor of the Albany Business Review, moderated the discussion.
What are the biggest challenges to growing your business in New York?
Russ Teplitzky: We are a big employer in the Capital District,…
Challenges in a dining scene on the rise: A discussion with restaurateurs
The Business Journal assembled a panel of leaders from the restaurant industry to discuss the challenges and changes they're experiencing.
Larimer Square owner vows not to demolish historic buildings on storied Denver block
Less than a month after opening a “community center” on the block to hear people’s hopes and concerns for the future of Larimer Square, the property’s owner has announced none of the historic buildings there will be demolished.
Jeff Hermanson, Larimer Square’s owner for the past 26 years, and his development partners with Denver firm Urban Villages have held fast to the position that new development along the historically protected 1400 block of Larimer Street is essential to keeping the aging buildings there functional and accessible into the future. The birthplace of Denver in the 1850s, the block today is home to posh shops, restaurants and offices.
Though redevelopment plans released by Hermanson’s group last winter called for alterations to some of the 19th-century buildings, on Tuesday the team declared they will not be knocking down anything historic as part of an effort to design and build new structures on the square.
“We’ve always been focused on retaining the block’s hist..
Denver’s latest big idea for affordable housing is tiny apartments (some the size of your master bedroom)
Meticulously arranged shelves above the stove. Carefully packed crates under the bed. Maybe even an ultra-tall bookcase with an adjoining ladder if you’ve got the requisite ceiling heights.
Organization is key when fitting one’s life into a sub-500-square-foot space. It’s a challenge more metro areas renters are tackling these days as a coastal trend takes root among Denver’s rapidly proliferating apartment buildings. That trend is to go big on tiny.
Micro-apartments or, more accurately, buildings made up exclusively or featuring a high percentage of studio apartment units, are popping up around central Denver.
They appeal to renters who put more stock in location than square footage. They’re heavy on communal spaces and light on parking. They’re priced for people bringing in wages right around area median income or a little less.
And Front Range developers like McWhinney, the owner and operator of the Ride at RiNo “micro-studio” apartment building that opened at 3609 Wynkoop St. i..
2 UMMS board members resign, 4 asked to take leave amid concerns about business contracts
Two University of Maryland Medical System board members have resigned and four more have been asked to take a leave of absence after concerns were raised about their business relationships with the hospital system.
John W. Dillon of Dillon Consulting and Robert L. Pevenstein, a tech entrepreneur and president of consulting firm Princeville Partners, have both resigned from the board.
Chairman Stephen A. Burch has also asked four members that currently have business deals with the system to take…
How you can learn about subcontracting opportunities for the $750 million public health lab in Albany
If you're interested in getting a piece of the $750 million public health lab project in Albany, today is an important deadline.
The state Dormitory Authority is hosting an industry day next week for companies to learn about the project to build a new Wadsworth Lab at the Harriman State Office Building Campus and to identify subcontracting opportunities. Today — Wednesday, March 20 — is the deadline to RSVP for the forum.
The three design-build teams that are bidding for the project will…
Triad health system names two nurses to hospital presidents roles
Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem has named two women to two key leadership roles.
Cathleen Wheatley, senior vice president and system chief nurse executive, will become president of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Wheatley will retain her current role and lead the health system’s flagship hospital.
She'll also oversee Brenner Children’s Hospital and N.C. Baptist Hospital-based clinics. Wheatley joined WFBH in 2014, and has an extensive background as a health care executive
In…
SmileDirectClub, Gov. Lee set to make big jobs announcement today
SmileDirectClub, one of the city’s fastest-growing companies, is set to make another large jobs announcement Wednesday morning in downtown Nashville .
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe will reveal a “significant economic development” at 10 a.m., according to a media advisory. The announcement pertains to SmileDirectClub, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deal. The event will be held at Philips Plaza, which…
Cambridge VC Flagship raises $824M for new life science investments
One of Massachusetts’ largest venture capital firms, Flagship Pioneering, has raised $824 million to fund new life science startups, it announced Wednesday.
Flagship raised the money as part of its second so-called Special Opportunities Fund. Flagship previously raised $700 million in capital in 2017, and $285 million in its first opportunities fund in 2016.
This is the firm’s eighth fund since it was founded in 1999 and brings its total funds under management to more than $3 billion.
Flagship…
Nashville health-tech giant prepares to go public
Another Nashville health care company is preparing to go public.
Change Healthcare recently filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a $100 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “CHNG.”
Formerly known as Emdeon before it bought Change Healthcare, a Brentwood-based health care cost-transparency company, for $135 million in 2014, the company is led by CEO Neil de Crescenzo. The company merged with the tech division of San Francisco-based…