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With fall closing in and spring planting an entire snowy season away, the full effect of the losses Denver area garden lovers endured this summer won’t be felt for months. But some are already mourning.

Paulino Gardens, the venerable garden center and nursery that operated just north of Denver in Adams County for 62 years closed for good on July 28. Its more than six acres of greenhouse and outdoor space is slated to be plowed over to make way for warehouses, the result of the Paulino family’s $12.2 million sale of the property to industrial developer Prologis.

“I was devastated when I heard they were closing and I feel that Denver has lost a beloved treasure,” life-long customer Michele Shank told The Denver Post in a Facebook message this week. “There is nothing more life-affirming than seeing all of the beautiful and sometimes unusual plants at Paulino’s.”

Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostIrina Gazzo shops for plants at City Floral Garden Center on Sept. 4, 2019 in Denver.That..

Less than a year after it last sold, a potential redevelopment site on Broadway in Sacramento is for sale again.

WeWork recently inked a 70,000-square-foot lease in downtown Orlando.

Construction on the Red Bluff mixed-use development 4713 E. Cesar Chavez St. will begin in the first quarter of next year. A modern-industrial, six-story building will have 74,000 square feet of class A office space over 14,000 square feet for ground floor retail and a restaurant along Cesar Chavez Street. A 63-room boutique hotel will follow.

In another sign that it is getting ready to begin constructing its $20 million Health Professions Hub, D’Youville College is seeking a zoning amendment from various Buffalo agencies — a move that is necessary for the project to get underway.

The Buffalo Planning Board, when it meets on Sept. 9, will consider forwarding to the Common Council — and the council’s legislation committee, the Green Code-mandated zoning change for the project. Across the board approvals are expected.

Zoning changes…

The apparel maker said the Bay Area's tight labor market and high housing costs sent the company to Appalachia.

The public-private team behind the project to redevelop Hawaii’s state-owned Aloha Stadium into a mixed-use sports and entertainment complex launched a new website this week.

Crawford Architects, the project’s master planning and environmental review consultant, is working with the state Department of Accounting and General Services’ Public Works Division to replace the aging stadium, home to University of Hawaii football, high school football and other sporting and entertainment events.

Crawford…

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will need to move to a new office space next year after its lease at Alii Place expires to make way for Hawaiian Electric Co.

HART’s floors, as well as the space currently occupied by the Internal Revenue Service, will eventually be taken over by Hawaiian Electric, which has leased a total of 194,624 square feet over nine full and three partial floors, according to the building’s owner, Bristol Group Inc.

HART currently occupies 64,000 square…

The city of Boston has tapped Brian T. Kelly, a partner at law firm Nixon Peabody, to investigate allegations of bribery within City Hall.

Kelly, a former assistant U.S. attorney, formerly prosecuted notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. He also serves as counsel to former Wynn Resorts Ltd. executive Gamal Abdelaziz in the college bribery criminal case, and was retained by the city in 2014 to examine the “Top Chef” extortion scandal.

Kelly will schedule individual interviews with each…

The coworking company opened in the Camelback Esplanade, the first of four locations announced for the Valley.