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 dual-branded AC Hotel and Moxy Hotel is now under construction in Atlanta. The Moxy will feature 155 keys, while the AC Hotel will offer 133. Read The Atlanta Journal-Constitution story here
Dallas, Houston and Austin are experiencing a hotel building boom — Texas’ first in a decade, according to STR — with Marriott, Hilton and InterContinental Hotels Group planning to build hundreds of hotels in the next two to three years. The drivers include recent relocations
The new Belleview Inn is the centerpiece of the Belleview Place development in Florida, incorporating parts of the historic Belleview Biltmore Hotel. Read the 83 Degrees Media story here
The 180-room Current hotel is breaking ground soon and will represent Marriott‘s third Autograph Collection property in Florida’s Tampa Bay area. Read The Business Journals story here
Amazon will open its fifth brick-and-mortar bookstore in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. The 6,000-square-foot store melds physical and digital features, merchandises popular titles based on their Amazon ratings, and devotes significant space to Kindles and other Amazon devices. Read the Chicago Tribune story here
Consumers still want physical stores in a digital age, and Kohl’s has mapped a plan to create smaller spaces instead of closing stores. Kohl’s grew overall online sales 12% last year, but e-commerce was flat in markets where the retailer shuttered stores. Read the CNBC
Mexico’s largest hotel company, Grupo Posadas. has plans to expand into the United States and the Caribbean, but in no way will it lose its focus on its native country—it will launch two new brands there this summer to continue to grow demand. Read the
Video game retailer GameStop has announced that it will close at least 150 stores this year and focus more on non-game product categories as physical game sales continue to shift to digital downloads, The Wall Street Journal reported. GameStop’s sales of collectibles grew 59.5% last
A Residence Inn/Fairfield Suites hotel and a Hampton Inn are coming to Waltham, Mass. The city is seeing an influx of business travelers. Read The Boston Globe story here
Publix is partnering with BayCare Health System to offer in-store medical clinics at select Tampa Bay area locations, which will include private areas for patient videoconferencing with physicians. As part of the deal, which is in its final negotiation stages, Publix will operate pharmacies located
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