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.
McDonald’s will install a ground-floor restaurant as part of its new headquarters in Chicago’s West Loop. The building is anticipated to open in spring of 2018 and house 2,000 employees, Hamburger University and test kitchens. Read the Chicago Sun-Times story here
The Hotel Bennett in Charleston, S.C., will open in fall 2017. The property will feature 179 keys. Read The Post and Courier story here
Portillo’s will open a location in Champaign near the University of Illinois in April as part of its expansion plan to have 50 locations in five states by the end of 2017. Read the Daily Herald story here
The 96-key Hotel Palomar South Beach, a Kimpton Hotels property, is on track for a 2018 opening. This will be the eighth Kimpton property in Florida. Read the Hotel Management online story here
Prognosticators offer varying outlooks for the hotel industry in 2017, with slow growth and post-election uncertainty as prominent themes. PriceWaterhouseCoopers predicts the start of a downturn for the cycle. Read the Skift story here
McDonald’s will revamp its $4 billion McCafe concept in 2017 to better compete with Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. The upgrade to the 8-year-old brand includes more seasonal drinks, a stronger push for its coffee rewards program, updated espresso machines and specials that emphasize McDonald’s lower
Dunkin’ Donuts is planning to open as many as 65 new stores in North Texas through its franchise groups, adding to the area’s existing 37 locations. The company took over operations in North Texas after dissolving a joint venture in March with Dallas Cowboys owner
Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson is in the process of a developing a new restaurant concept that will open inside the redeveloped Hahne’s department store in Newark, N.J., The Wall Street Journal reports. The $174 million revitalization project, set to open in 2017, is a joint
Plantation, Fla., has OK’d rezoning of the city’s former Fashion Mall for a mixed-use development. The project will include 700 apartments, office space and retail and dining venues. Read the Sun-Sentinel story here
Watches of Switzerland, which sells luxury brands, including Patek Philippe and Rolex, will make its U.S. debut at the new Hudson Yards retail project in New York City in 2018. The center will include international brands such as Zara and H&M, and the city’s first
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