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 new $2.4 billion Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco will include ground-floor retail and restaurants. It will have 100,000 square feet of retail space, with leases signed for about 43,000 square feet. Read the San Francisco Chronicle story here
One year after entering the U.S. market, Lidl has reined in its growth ambitions, apparently adding just five locations so far in 2018. Analysts expect the company to adjust its store sizes and site choices as it moves forward with business in the United States.
The Lean Construction Institute says design-bid-build is the most common model for construction projects in the United States, but nearly half of projects by 2021 will be design-build. Owners are looking at design-build and other delivery methods to reduce costs. Read the Construction Dive story
The developer behind a previously rejected hotel on the south side of Arlington Heights is bringing back a revised proposal in hopes of winning approval from the village board. Read the Daily Herald story here
Home improvement retailer Home Depot has added decorative home furnishings including bedding, home accents and bath and wall decor, in an effort to widen its appeal and establish itself as a one-stop shop for home needs. The move follows the retailer’s acquisition of online luxury
There is a new bright red fence near the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street in downtown Berkeley, signaling that construction of a 16-story hotel is about to start. Read the Berkeleyside story here
Off-price retailer Century 21 Stores operates two small-format stores in New York as part of a strategy to test different merchandise and concepts, according to Women’s Wear Daily. The two stores, dubbed Century 21 Edition, offer shoppers curated product assortments and the retailer’s only optical
Construction is expected to start in 2019 on a 1 million-square-foot office complex near Google’s proposed transit village in San Jose, Calif. Read the San Jose Mercury News story here
The popularity of drive-thru ordering has prompted some eateries to expand the number of vehicles their drive-thru can serve, and some chains have also begun rolling out walk-up and drive-thru only locations. Restaurants including In-N-Out and Chick-fil-A often have employees take drivers’ orders on tablets
Private equity firm High Bluff Capital Partners, which recently acquired Quiznos, has bought Mexican fast-casual chain Taco Del Mar. Taco Del Mar has 87 US locations and 41 locations outside of the United States, all of which are franchised. Read the Restaurant Business story here
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