Build till you drop.(CONSTRUCTION)(retail space)(Brief article)

Reason for Sale: Owners returning to South America. Beautiful, Cozy Cafe and Bakery serving the Latin American community, Argentinian and Brazilian specialties. Located in a prestigious, booming South Florida area, highrise buildings with thousands of luxurious apartments under construction. Serving cafe style light continential breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tremendous opportunity ......

DooleyMack Constructors of South Florida has named Jim Orlando as president and partner. He will be responsible for overseeing construction services, administrative and project development for the company. Orlando has been in the construction industry for 30 years and has participated in the development or redevelopment of many kinds of ......

Solomon Real Estate Group Inc., an Eden Prairie-based firm, acquired 10 acres for development in Eagan, Minn., at Yankee Doodle Road and Town Centre Drive. The firm will tear down the Red Robin restaurant and Mann Theatre currently on the site and replace them with 60,000 square feet of new ......

CBL& Associates Properities Inc. has completed the $46 million, 10-year, non-recourse loan backed by the Southaven Towne Center in Southaven, Miss. .

An affiliate of The Woodmont Co. of Ft. Worth, a retail developer, has purchased 54 acres for the first phase of the Streetsboro Commons retail development.

A square mile of woodland on the west side of Danbury developers call The Reserve is being turned into "new suburbanism" of condominiums, apartments, office buildings, shops and restaurants in the city's largest construction project in more than 25 years.

Ikea plans to build its first Florida store in the City of Sunrise, located in western Broward County, as part of the Gateway at Sawgrass. Construction could begin in late Spring 2006, with the grand opening of Ikea Sunrise slated for Summer 2007. Currently the Ikea nearest to Florida is ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Eric Rose of E.M. Rose Builders, a construction company based in Branford, ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Mike Neary, Chris Neary, Jeff Patterson, and coworkers of Oregon Log Homes ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews famed chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, California.

I find it terribly ironic that the intelligent folks from Homeland Security (sorry, I chuckle every time I use "intelligent" and "Homeland Security" together in the same sentence) recommend that we arrive at the airport two hours early, while most airports were designed with slow and arduous torture in mind ......

( Blogger's Note: Each Friday an excerpt from the soon to be published book, Faux Pas is French for Restaurant, appears on this blog.) When the July 4 parade ended, the fun began. Two stores. Both on shaky financial ground. Twenty-five miles apart without any professional management possessing culinary expertise ......

Protecting Your Business With the Right Insurance By PAULETTE THOMAS "Question: I plan to start a small 'home-minder' business in Florida. I'll inspect homes once a week or more while the unit owners live up north during the summer. Do I need a license? Must I be bonded? What ......

A "Pocket MBA for Physicians" program was announced by Boston University's School of Management and School of Medicine yesterday. This focused program offers a new option for physicians to develop their business skills.