Famous Toastery, a rapidly growing breakfast and lunch chain, is preparing to open its first location in New York.

A new 3,700-square-foot restaurant is expected to have its grand opening this summer in Long Island.

Even though the company was launched in North Carolina, the current expansion plan signifies a homecoming for its founders — Robert Maynard and Brian Burchill.

“We're super excited,” Maynard told me. “It's the hometown boys coming back.”

Maynard and Burchill are both native New…

Residents of Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis appear willing to do whatever it takes to win Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Their cousins in Denver, Austin and Boston? Not so much.

The Business Journals for the first time has partnered with Elon University in North Carolina to conduct an online poll in all 19 of the U.S. regions that, along with the Canadian city of Toronto, remain in the running for Amazon’s “HQ2.” The survey was conducted from March 30 through April…

State Sen. Scott Wiener's bill designed to add 3 million housing units along transit hubs throughout California was derailed by a committee vote.

Proponents envisioned the measure as a way to help solve the housing crisis by upzoning development sites near public transit corridors and stations, such as BART stations in the East Bay, with five-story apartment complexes and condos. The proximity to rail hubs and bus stations was designed as a way to reduce car traffic congestion.

But even the senator…

Residents of Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis appear willing to do whatever it takes to win Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Their cousins in Denver, Austin and Boston? Not so much.

The Business Journals for the first time has partnered with Elon University in North Carolina to conduct an online poll in all 19 of the U.S. regions that, along with the Canadian city of Toronto, remain in the running for Amazon’s “HQ2.”

The survey was conducted from March 30 through April…

Target is launching curbside pickup of online orders at stores throughout Florida and Texas.

Known more for leisurely browsing trips in a retail era dominated by convenience, Target said Wednesday that customers will be able to pick up orders placed via its app without ever leaving their cars.

The service is part of Target's ongoing efforts to reach time-crunched, convenience-driven consumers. In 2017, Target (NYSE: TGT) acquired app-based delivery service Shipt, which now offers same-day delivery…

State Sen. Scott Wiener's bill designed to add 3 million housing units along transit hubs in Oakland, San Diego, San Jose and Sacramento was derailed by a committee vote.

Proponents envisioned the measure as a way to help solve the housing crisis by upzoning development sites near public transit corridors and stations, such as BART stations in the East Bay, with five-story apartment complexes and condos. The proximity to rail hubs and bus stations was designed as a way to reduce car traffic congestion.

But…

Plans for a 10-unit townhome project in South Baltimore at Hanover and Clement streets are set to be unveiled before city planning officials Thursday.

The development would replace the former American Rescue Workers church and other properties in the 1400 block of S. Hanover St. Charm City Builders is scheduled to reveal details before the Planning Commission at City Hall this week.

The church was built in 1888 and was vacated over the past couple of years after serving as a local outreach mission…

San Francisco's largest approved project will add schools, a hotel and a factory to its mix of new housing after a city commission approved a redesign proposed by developer Five Point Holdings LLC.

According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, the city approved a proposal for The Hunters Point Shipyard project that would:

Add a 120-room hotel to the project.
Add as many as three educational campuses.
Add a factory building with maker space.

Next door to Hunters Point Shipyard, Five Point…

The company is just one of many looking to upend how real estate is bought and sold.

Al Capone’s former Miami Beach home has been fully renovated — no bullet holes present — and listed for $14.9 million.

The waterfront home at 93 Palm Ave. was built on the 30,000-square-foot lot in 1922 and bought by Capone for $40,000 in 1928. The notorious Chicago gangster, known as “Scarface,” served in prison for tax evasion from 1931 to 1939, and then returned to his heavily-guarded Miami Beach home.

Capone died of a stroke in the home in 1947. His widow sold the house in 1952.

The…