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A northeast Ohio craft brewery is coming to Columbus, but its focus is statewide.

Ohio Brewing Co. is plotting a production brewery and taproom at 421 E. Second Ave. in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood. Work is underway now at the 40,000-square-foot former Blue Box Co. packaging company warehouse just east of the tracks separating Milo-Grogan from Italian Village.

“This is going to be most of our production,” co-founder Chris Verich told me. “This will enable us to be in Columbus in draft and…

Airbnb is losing out on what was its most expensive listing in San Francisco last year now that the landmark property is set to become a new hotel and restaurant.

After sitting on the market for the past few years, the Payne Mansion at 1409 Sutter St. will become the Mansion on Sutter, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The property has 10 bedrooms, including a presidential suite and three executive suites, but it's not clear how many rooms the new hotel will have. The landmark property…

The owner of Copycat Co. on H Street NE, one of D.C.’s most beloved cocktail bars, is branching out to a new quadrant.

Devin Gong has signed a lease to open a restaurant and bar called Astoria in Dupont Circle at 1521 17th St. NW. John Gogos of Papadopoulos Properties represented the landlord. SPMC Urban and Pat Slagle of Pulse Properties represented Gong in the deal.

The project is still in its infancy as the landlord is in the process of renovating the building — a gut-job that will deliver…

Hawaii-based retailer Honolulu Cookie Company has named Ryan Sung, son of founders Keith and Janet Sung, general manager.

This move positions Sung as the incoming leader of the family-owned business.

“It is an honor to carry on my parents’ legacy for generations to come. I am humbled and proud to work alongside so many hardworking team members at Honolulu Cookie Company,” Sung said in a statement. The company added that he will play a “key role in business strategy and leadership to move…

A judge has ordered Enhanced Athlete Inc., a Sacramento-based bodybuilding supplements company, to produce one of its principals from overseas for a deposition.

Enhanced Athlete has been named in two lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, filed by Phoenix-based supplements company Nutrition Distribution LLC. Enhanced Athlete is accused of selling controversial and potentially dangerous supplements, including selective androgen receptor modulators, or SARMs,…

The owners of The Pruneyard in Campbell have wrapped up the first of four phases to revamp and expand the mixed-use shopping center, adding a list of new restaurants and shops as longtime tenants begin to reopen.

Since San Francisco-based Ellis Partners purchased the property in December 2014, the group has wrapped up lease deals for the more than 250,000-square-foot center totaling about 140,500 square feet. Today, the center, at roughly at 1875 S. Bascom Ave., is more than 90 percent leased with…

In response, the company says it respects the rights of its employees to support — or not support — the organization of a union.

Chicken wings and Bach play well together for the itinerant musician.

The much-anticipated Hard Rock Hotel Casino Atlantic City has an opening date, and Hard Rock International officials feel confident about that set-in-stone day.

The Hard Rock casino will open on June 28, months after parent company Hard Rock International invested hundreds of millions of dollars to overhaul the former Trump Taj Mahal.

Hard Rock plans to have a minimum of 100 “major acts” in its entertainment venue on an annual basis, Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International and CEO of Seminole…

A stretch of the market from Nunnally Brothers down to the Light Street entrance has been set apart from the rest of the market and will soon be closed so that construction can move forward unimpeded by foot traffic.