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 Houston area led all U.S. metros with 29,500 construction jobs added between September 2017 and September 2018. Other areas with notable year-over-year increases include Dallas, Orlando and Phoenix. Read the Houston Chronicle story here
Hyatt’s acquisition of Two Roads Hospitality will add 800-plus properties and five brands to its portfolio. The deal is part of Hyatt’s plan to increase scale. Read the Skift story here
Lexington should have a new hotel, a Hampton Inn by Hilton, by this time next year. Read The Dispatch story here
Choice Hotels International has a pipeline of 40 properties set to open in Latin America and Spain. Read the Hotel Management online story here
Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has introduced the first Big Chicken fast-casual restaurant in Las Vegas, which serves fried-chicken sandwiches, sliders, fries, chicken strips, salads and a full bar menu. The concept is the first of several restaurants O’Neal plans to open with partners Matthew Silverman
The new owners of Toys R Us plan to team with Kroger to launch in-store pop-ups called Geoffrey’s Toy Box at about 600 Kroger locations before exploring options for opening branded brick-and-mortar stores. Read the Bloomberg story here
A barbecue restaurant will highlight West Oakland’s landmark California Hotel following a renovation now under way. Read the Eater/San Francisco story here
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom parent CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries has bought Logan’s Roadhouse and will change its name to CraftWorks Holdings. Logan’s Roadhouse operates 204 restaurants and the deal brings CraftWorks’ total holdings to 390 restaurants and breweries. Read the Restaurant Business online story
Despite the wind and rain of Saturday’s Nor’easter, devoted Jollibee fans were lined up for hours to score the first taste of the Filipino chain’s fried chicken and peach mango pies in Manhattan. Read the Eater/New York story here
Denny’s will refranchise about 100 restaurants over the next year and a half, as part of a plan to go from 90% to up to 97% franchised, the company said. Around 70% of the family restaurant chain’s franchised and company-owned eateries now offer delivery, and
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