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.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a $1 billion redevelopment at the historical Cook County Hospital in Chicago, a 102-year-old building with a Beaux Arts facade. The mixed-use development may contain medical, hotel, residential and retail space, as well as a museum, and Walsh Construction
Crafts and fabric retailer JOANN has unveiled a new store prototype designed to enhance the shopping experience and give customers reasons to return more often. The new footprint includes a Creator’s Studio in the center of the store that will have space for classes and
Lands’ End will further trim its presence in Sears stores from about 159 to 100 locations by the end of the year, as it continues to invest in opening new, smaller branded stores. The fashion retailer plans to open up to 60 new stores over
Laura Ashley Hotels‘ executives say the company could open up to 100 properties over the next five years, relying in part on hotel conversions. Read the Hotel News Now story here
An upscale Canopy by Hilton hotel will replace one of Downtown’s worst eyesores, the gutted shell of the Benchmark Hotel at 164 Union. Read The Commercial Appeal story here
About a dozen fitness centers have entered Chicago-area retail centers in each of the past five years, a trend meant to attract health-conscious shoppers. Making shopping centers into “self-care precinct[s]” is helping to bring new types of shoppers to the properties. Read the Chicago Tribune
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group will debut a 24,000-square-foot family entertainment center inside a Toronto mall in September 2019, with plans to expand the concept to other malls in Canada and beyond. Mall operators are increasingly turning to nontraditional concepts to fill store space and
Thompson Thrift Retail Group is working with Dunn Hospitality Group to bring the dual-branded Hyatt Place and Hyatt House to The Yard at Fishers District in the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, Indiana. Read the REJournals story here
J.C. Penney has added Fanatics shops in 325 of its department stores, with plans to grow to 650 locations in time for back-to-school shopping. Fanatics has sold its licensed sports merchandise online at jcpenney.com since 2014, and the in-store shops will stock local college and
Just down the street from this week’s NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, Marriott International built a 4,200-square-foot “vignette” of its new vision for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, the third-largest brand in its portfolio and its largest outside of North America in terms of room
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