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.
Tourist destinations are going greener, in part by creating environmental experiences for guests, such as Las Ventanas al Paraiso’s marine education in Mexico that involves beach cleanups or diving with sharks or sea turtles. Read the Hotel News Now story here
Walgreens Boots Alliance will close 200 Walgreens stores in the United States, or less than 3% of its 10,000 locations in the country, in a cost-cutting move. The decision follows the company’s earlier announcement of its plans to close 200 stores in the UK. Read
Tennessee-based 3H Group has purchased beachfront real estate directly adjacent to the Jacksonville Beach Pier. Read The Business Journals story here
The 342-room portion of the Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf that was shuttered last year will become a high-end Kimpton. Read The Business Journals story here
Whole Foods Market has teamed with a startup called Packed Party to create in-store party supply shops. The Packed Party Shops will be up and running in time for Labor Day, with a broad range of brightly colored, recyclable party goods. Read the Fast Company
Songy Highroads plans to add a hotel behind Atlanta’s Lenox Square shopping center on a site it will buy from mall owner Simon Property Group. The $75 million project calls for a 214-room hotel, which could be a Hyatt Centric. Read The Business Journals story
J.C. Penney is about to find out how to operate a store while the rest of the mall is being torn down. The retailer is staying put during construction while Plano’s Collin Creek Mall is transformed into a $1 billion mixed-use development. And Penney is
Construction has begun on a casino complex in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, that includes a 300-room hotel. The $350 million Saracen Casino Resort is allowed to be built in Jefferson County thanks to a ballot initiative approved last year. Read the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story here
Noodles & Company will focus on adding new restaurants at the rate of 5% per year starting in 2021, with the potential to increase the annual unit growth rate to as much as 7%. The chain, which has 457 corporate and franchised restaurants, booked a
Another Virgin in the United States.: Virgin Hotels has opened its second U.S. property, in San Francisco. The 10-story lifestyle hotel has 192 rooms and two penthouse suites, three F&B outlets including Everdene, a rooftop bar and lounge, and the Funny Library Coffee Shop, a
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