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.
La Quinta Inns & Suites is working on a prototype of a new brand called Del Sol, in which the lobby becomes a great room and the fitness center’s size doubles. Read the Hotel Management online story here
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts may be adding a property at the Ko Olina Resort in Oahu, Hawaii, a source said. The hotel operator has registered the name FS Ko Olina Inc. as a new business in Hawaii, using the address of Four Seasons’ corporate
Paul Fireman, Reebok founder and venture capitalist, has proposed a $4.6 billion casino in Jersey City, N.J., that would include a 95-story tower, Ferris wheel and venue for car racing. The project would require the state to allow casino gaming outside of Atlantic City. Read
Panda Express opened a new eatery in a Pasadena, Calif., strip mall that will double as a test kitchen for new menu items such as scallion pancake burrito wraps. The chain, known for its quickservice food court outlets, has added a fast-casual assembly line and
Safeway has eliminated more than 300 million plastic and paper bags, part of the retailer’s goal to eliminate bags at all of its stores by 2015 and an item in its annual sustainability recently released report. Safeway is also halfway to its sustainable seafood goal
A proposal to convert the parking garage site of a building in downtown Asheville, N.C., into an AC Hotel by Marriott has received approval following a design review. Plans call for a 132-room hotel with a parking garage on what is now the BB&T building’s
Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy caused more in economic losses than any other storms since 1970, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization and Catholic University of Louvain’s Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters. Economic damages for Hurricane Katrina were about $147 billion,
The Riu Plaza brand is trying to make a big splash in the U.S. lodging space with planned openings in Miami Beach and New York. The Hotel Riu Plaza Miami Beach is a conversion of the former Riu Florida Beach and is scheduled to open
Southern California’s Port of Long Beach has earmarked $579 million to spend on capital enhancements next year as part of a continuing $4 billion push to prepare the port for the future. Read the Platts story here
IKEA plans to open its first store in Nevada on 26 acres in southwest Las Vegas in the summer of 2016. The proposed 351,000 square-foot IKEA store would have nearly 1,300 parking spaces and be built along the northern side of the 215 Beltway at
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