Shawmut Design and Construction has joined Draper and Wexford Science & Technology to break ground on the 111,000-square-foot Integrated Microelectronics Production & Advanced Chip Technology (IMPACT) Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The construction industry in Florida, which suffered immensely when the 2008 crash hit, has rebounded and is now gaining. The state has a $10 billion budget for 1,200 active airport, seaport, road and bridge projects this year, with $3 billion targeted for new construction. Read
McKibbon Hotel Management plans to expand its corporate headquarters in Tampa, Fla., to accommodate more executive personnel in its management, development and renovation divisions. The firm, based in Tampa and Gainesville, Ga., has more than 2,500 employees. Read the American City Business Journals/Tampa, Fla. story
Marriott International will add significant meeting space while opening more than 100 luxury and lifestyle hotels over the next year. Areas near Denver, Dallas and Washington, D.C., will see major convention center construction and expansion. Read the TravelMarketReport.com story here
China is a prime target of Barcelo Hotels & Resorts‘ new franchise agreement with Plateno Hotel Group, with 100 new hotels projected over a decade. The collaboration could extend to Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Read the Hotel Management online story here
Anthropologie has signed a 10-year lease with plans to open a store in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood, an area that is shifting from food wholesale businesses to restaurants, residential and retail. Sibling brand Free People previously announced plans for a store a block away that’s
Before the year is out, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will have funded 820 infrastructure projects across the state worth about $2.4 billion. That’s about $1 billion more than it usually spends, something made possible by the enactment of Act 89, which changed the formulation
Pei Wei Asian Diner has chosen four Tulsa, Okla., restaurants to test its revamped menu and store format. The four locations serve diverse groups of consumers and are expected to provide useful feedback about the changes. Read the Tulsa World story here
Warehouse club retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club will start replacing its food courts with Dunkin’ Donuts shops, starting with stores in Kearney, N.J., and Northborough, Mass., the companies said. The companies did not say exactly how many of the 183 BJ’s food courts in the Northeast
Publix will buy and operate 10 stores in the Richmond, Va., area that now are under the Martin’s banner. The sale is a regulatory requirement as part of the merger between Ahold, which operates Martin’s, and Delhaize. Read the Richmond.com story here
New York is accepting applications from municipalities that want to tap into a $200 million, two-year Bridge NY fund. The program is meant to help with the rehabilitation and replacement of aging culverts and bridges in the state. Read the EquipmentWorld.com story here
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