Greater Cincinnati shopping center to add Kate Spade store
A Kate Spade New York store will soon open at a Greater Cincinnnati shopping center.
The 4,500-square-foot store is expected to open this summer at Cincinnati Premium Outlets in Monroe. Kate Spade's merchandise includes handbags, accessories, clothing, shoes and home goods. The designer brand is known for graphic prints and crisp color palettes.
The store will bring more jobs to the region, as well as another retail options.
“People have been clamoring for a Kate Spade at Cincinnati Premium…
Six downtown Denver projects are honored
Six downtown Denver projects from 2017 that “had the most significant economic impact on the center city” were honored Tuesday night.
The Downtown Denver Partnership honored projects “that contribute to an economically healthy, growing and vital center city” and were judged by “a jury of key business leaders convened by the Downtown Denver Partnership.”
“Tonight’s 57th annual Downtown Denver Awards Dinner is about the brave, bold, risk -takers who have shaped our city,” said Tami Door, president…
Who wants Amazon the most? Here’s what residents in HQ2 cities have to say
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 March 30-April 3 and was designed…
Museum District church to build $18 million private school expansion
The new building will mirror the aesthetics of the nearby Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Exclusive: With big hire, Houston brokerage launches industrial division
In his newly created role, the well-known broker will help to establish the firm's industrial team in Houston.
Toronto company closes $5.3M land banking deal in Atlanta for large national homebuilder
A Toronto real estate finance company has closed a $5.3 million land banking transaction in Atlanta for a large national homebuilder.
The deal closed April 16 was the first in Atlanta for Terra Firma Capital Corp., according to a company statement. The location of the land and the name of the homebuilder client were not disclosed.
The land banking transaction was partially funded with available cash balances. According to the company, land banking is a financing product provided primarily in…
Exclusive: Joint venture to begin construction on $350M Hoffman Town Center project next year
A joint venture between StonebridgeCarras and Chicago-based Creek Lane Capital announced Wednesday it has purchased 5 acres of land in Alexandria for its Hoffman Town Center project, allowing the companies to move forward on construction on the 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development anchored by a Wegmans grocery store in early 2019.
Doug Firstenberg, a principal with Bethesda's StonebridgeCarras, declined to disclose the price that the joint venture paid for blocks 4 and 5 from the Hoffman…
Health and fitness online retailer to open first store in Kettering
An online retailer specializing in health and fitness products will soon open its first store in Kettering.
Karma Kollective will open its brick-and-mortar store at 3117 Far Hills Ave. in the Fountain Square Shopping Center on April 28.
Founded by certified health coach Ann Murphy-Zahora, Karma Kollective describes itself as a “modern health boutique” with products including health foods, wellness supplements, fitness apparel and workout accessories.
“We believe having the wisdom and compassion…
Sen. Wiener’s housing-transit measure derailed in 1st committee hearing.
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…
New home sales up from February, but down from March 2017
Through the first three months of 2018, new home sales are slightly off the pace from a year ago, when sales were the strongest in a decade. Here are some other takeaways from the newest report from the North State Building Industry Association.
1. In March, the association reported 437 sales at 138 “communities” in the region, which includes the Yuba-Sutter area as well as Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties. That was 61 homes better than the previous month.
2. However, year-over-year…