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As the Placer Ranch Specific Plan moves toward the end of environmental review, its potential for future development is changing.

A bill to ban gun shows at the nearly 80-year-old venue could also open the door to “thousands of units of housing,” says the bill's author.

The deal, confirmed by Google to the Business Journal, comes mere weeks after the company picked up another brand-new building in Mountain View's East Whisman area as the tech titan starts unveiling plans for larger redevelopments in the area.

A Southern California-based gym chain will make its local debut as one of the retailers in the Crocker Village project.

Kyo-ya Hotels and Resorts has a new plan for redeveloping the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel that involves demolishing all of the hotel, retail and parking buildings on the 4.1-acre property in the center of Waikiki and building a new 33-story hotel tower with about 1,009 rooms.

Kyo-ya, which also owns the Sheraton Waikiki, The Royal Hawaiian and the Moana Surfrider hotels, all operated by Marriott International, across the street, outlined the plans Tuesday night for the Waikiki Neighborhood…

The University of Massachusetts board of trustees and members overseeing the system's building authority are scheduled to vote Thursday morning on a winning bid to develop the 20-acre Bayside Expo Center site. By some estimates, that land could host up to 2.5 million square feet of new mixed-use development and sell for more than $200 million.

But professors, who say the lease or sale of Bayside could do “long-term harm to the future of UMass Boston,” could throw a wrench into the process.

Several…

Former Kiddar Capital CEO Todd Hitt pleaded guilty to orchestrating eight counts of securities fraud that ultimately cost investors $20 million, according to a plea deal announced Wednesday by the Department of Justice.

Hitt, 54, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $5 million or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater, though DOJ noted in a news release that actual sentences are typically less than the maximum. He is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in…

The Honolulu-based company deconstructed 100 buildings at the oceanfront site near Hualalai Resort and is processing the material to ready it for sale.

Franklin County Director of Economic Development and Planning Jim Schimmer delivered opening remarks at Columbus Business First's 2019 Power Breakfast on Wednesday. Here is what he had to say:

I want to start off my comments this morning with a serious question.

How many of you out there want a worse quality of life for your children then you have now? Raise your hands. Ah ha! Looks like almost none of you do – except for the guy in the back whose kid crashed the car last night.

My…

A $39.5 million renovation of the Oregon Convention Center is bringing the venue up to speed.