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.
Here’s an inside and interesting look at how pizza chain Papa Murphy’s added 42 new stores and increased sales 10.6 percent last year – a significant move for a chain that aims to gain national prominence with a philosophy of purposeful simplicity. Read the QSR story
A pickup in employment probably led July retail sales higher, the first increase in four months, economists predicted ahead of a Commerce Department report due Tuesday. A Bloomberg survey of 65 economists predicts an increase of 0.3 percent in July, following a drop of 0.5
A number of international hotel chains are touting the newly developed Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative as the first step toward achieving an industrywide methodology of measuring a hotel’s carbon footprint. Read the HotelNewsNow.com story here.
BD Hotels has flourished under the direction of owners Richard Born and Ira Drukier, having amassed a portfolio of 24 hotels in the New York market since its creation 30 years ago, this feature says. The company is now looking to expand its Pod Hotel
Schimenti Construction, Ridgefield, Conn., is building IT’SUGAR’s newest retail location on New York City’s upper west side at the intersection of 61st Street and Broadway. The colorful and energetic candy land adventure, designed by Sargenti Architects, is scheduled to be completed in August. The 1,989
The upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., and the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., have driven up occupancy rates and room prices in each city, TravelClick reports. Hotel rates during convention week in Charlotte next month have risen 109 percent against last year’s
Austin restaurant chain Mama Fu’s Asian House plans to open 20 locations across Alabama in the next few years. While six restaurants are planned for Birmingham, Mama Fu’s officials didn’t specify where the other 14 franchises would be located. Read the Austin Business Journal story
Leased shops for Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton will join Thomas Pink, Ferragamo and others when Bloomingdale’s unveils the revamped men’s department at its New York City flagship this fall. Bloomingdale’s officials said there are specific markets and stores we believe can handle true luxury
Strong media attention and an influx of tourists from Latin America are driving up leisure-hotel demand in the Miami market, this feature says. Hoteliers and foreign investors have taken note of the growth and are looking to increase their presence in the market, experts say.
The W. P. Hickman Company has hired two new employees to fill key roles. Pat Gallagher has been hired to fill the role of national sales manager, while Kevin Bramlett was named manager of lean operations. Both roles are newly created positions at the W.
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