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.
Dunkin’ Brands added 790 new units last year, including 371 new Dunkin’ Donuts in the United States, and the chain’s westward expansion brought its first California franchise sales. The company, which booked a 3.4 percent increase in same-store sales and an 8.5 percent jump in
Ocean Properties and JMC Communities have proposed to develop a two-tower project that includes 208 hotel rooms and 73 condo units. The Marquesas project would be located on a site in Clearwater Beach in Florida. Read the Tampa Bay Times story here
Sonic Drive-In, the fast-food restaurant chain with roller-skating carhops is continuing its expansion across upstate New York with plans to open five locations near Syracuse in the next four years. Read the American City Business Journals/Albany story here
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has unveiled its 10-year capital-spending plan worth $27.6 billion. Construction projects at three airports in the two states are allocating $8 billion in the proposed budget. The plan also earmarks nearly $5 billion to finish rebuilding
Pizza Hut may have more U.S. units but sister chain Taco Bell brings in about two-thirds of Yum! Brands’ U.S. profits and its stores book higher average sales than Pizza Hut or KFC. Taco Bell’s performance has Yum! planning to expand the chain from 5,000
Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina founder Bruce Willette has teamed with chef Peter Reinhart to create a new fast-casual Italian concept called Capishe! Bold Italian Kitchen. Willette, who spent more than a decade building Salsarita’s before selling the chain in 2011, will open the first of three
Indiana Michigan Power wants to upgrade its power-transmission lines in northeast Indiana and part of Ohio. The project, which could cost $500 million, includes reconstruction and enhancement of power lines and construction of new transmission lines. The project is expected to take up to eight
Togo’s Eateries Inc. signed 48 new franchise agreements in 2013, to develop new restaurants throughout Colorado, Arizona, California, Oregon and Utah, as part of the sandwich chain’s plan to grow its footprint throughout the West, according to a company press release. Read the FastCasual.com story
Nordstrom, which confirmed its move to the Ewa end of Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, is expected to have a Whole Foods Market below its new store, sources close to the situation told PBN. Read the American City Business Journals/Honolulu/PBN biz blog story here
U.K. fashion retailer Topshop will open five new U.S. stores in the coming months, including a New York City flagship on Fifth Avenue that will be the retailer’s second-largest store in the world. The chain, which already operates stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
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