Birmingham needs to be a place where firms can find steady growth
Last week’s Cover Story focused on the legal field, but the truth is, it could have applied to any number of major industries.
The focus of the story was how Birmingham-based law firms were expanding their footprints – often due to the lack of growth in the local economy.
It’s a trend we’ve seen with law firms, accounting firms and construction companies, among many others.
And, if the meager job growth stats we’ve posted since 2000 don’t scare you, perhaps those anecdotes will.
Don’t…
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EXCLUSIVE: Neyer Properties demolishing buildings for office redevelopment
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City closes on first phase of South City redevelopment
New town homes and garden-style apartments will soon be going up at the former Foote Homes public housing site.
On Feb. 28, the Memphis Housing Authority closed on the first phase of South City, the redevelopment of Foote Homes that is the cornerstone of the South City Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, said project manager Ellen Eubank.
In September 2015, the City of Memphis received a $29 million federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Implementation Grant, which aims to transform poverty-stricken…
Report: The PGA could move its Florida headquarters to this North Texas city
After a nearly five-year, top-secret real estate search, the Professional Golfers Association of America could move its national headquarters from its longtime home in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Panther Creek in Frisco, according to Golf Magazine, which cited multiple PGA of America officials close to the deal.
The relocation could also include two new 18-hole semi-public courses, one designed by Gil Hanse and the other Beau Welling, according to the golf publication. The first course could deliver…
GBC’s Fry urges downtown businesses to demand solutions to crime: ‘We need to feel safe in our city’
Lisa Rusyniak says some of her employees at Goodwill Industries fear coming to work.
Employees and volunteers recently experienced or witnessed six incidents near the nonprofit's downtown headquarters on Redwood Street that had the potential to escalate into violence or assault. The nonprofit is now locking its doors at all times.
“I have employees who are afraid, they don't want to come to work anymore,” Rusyniak, CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc., said during a forum at the…
Executive Voice: Getting creative in the Triangle’s crowded homebuilding market
David Kelly has been building homes with Toll Brothers in markets around the country since 2004, but he was still caught off guard by the level of competition among homebuilders when he moved to Raleigh in 2012.