Construction begins on $1.8 billion addition to the Washington State Convention Center

Katie Canales/Business Insider San Francisco's $1.4 billion Chase Center opened in September 2019 and serves as the home of the Golden State Warriors basketball team. The arena is privately financed by the NBA team, but it ha.....»»

Thousands of fans turned out for the marquee event of the Arnold Sports Festival on Saturday, packing Battelle Hall at the Greater Columbus Convention Center despite concerns over the coronavirus that led to a state-mandated ban on spectators at other.....»»

The 47th annual Twin Cities Auto Show begins Saturday morning at the Minneapolis Convention Center with over 600 vehicles on display from 35 companies like Aston Martin, Maserati and Mercedes. There will be an estimated $21 million worth of new cars .....»»

Washington is one of a few states that has its own estate tax. This is in addition to the federal estate tax and it applies not only to property located in Washington – but also property outside the state. Many Washingtonians assume that only t.....»»

A U.S. Postal Service worker in Washington State has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a Wall Street Journal report. A spokesman for the agency says the employee, who worked at the Seattle Network Distribution Center, contracted .....»»

A mixed-use project — one of the biggest proposed developments in Central Florida based on construction costs — has started site work. Orlando-based developer City Center West Orange LLC expects to complete the first phase of the eponymous, $1 bi.....»»

Dubai is to take full control of port operator DP World in a deal with a $13.9 billion valuation that will help the company at the center of the emirate's 2009 debt crisis to repay some of its borrowings......»»

Michael Bloomberg is leasing a prominent office in downtown Albany — near the state Capitol and across the street from the Renaissance Hotel and Albany Convention Center — as a field office for his presidential campaign. Bloomberg, a Democrat an.....»»

Nearly a decade since craft beer first hit mainstream popularity, the industry continues to grow at steady rates. With 394 craft breweries, Washington ranks third in the country. The economic impact of the industry in our state is $1.7 billion. H.....»»

Plans for an upgrade to the Baltimore Convention Center are headed back to the drawing board after officials discovered an expansion would cost more than $1.5 billion to complete as envisioned. The eye-popping price tag was driven upward by the .....»»

The Center of Agriculture and Rural Development at Iowa State University estimates tariffs have cost Iowa’s $5.2 billion-dollar soybean industry nearly $891 million in revenue......»»

Two months after Oceanwide Center hit the market, the Chinese developer behind the partially stalled San Francisco project has agreed to sell it to another Chinese investor for more than $1 billion.  According to a notice posted to the website of .....»»

Construction efforts have begun on a massive "new urbanism" development in Lebanon. The Union Village development, located on North State Route 741 in Warren County, has embarked on its Union Building. The building is a three-story cornerstone tot.....»»

Will the South Station air-rights tower ever move forward? Will the state Legislature approve the sale of the Hynes Convention Center? And will the major residential projects opening within a block of each other make Boston's Seaport a true neighborhood?.....»»

The City of Arlington approved a TIRZ package on Tuesday for a massive $810 million second phase of Texas Live!, and its development team is sharing renderings of what to expect from the addition. The Cordish Cos., in partnership with the City of .....»»

The tenant, which is the lagest publicly traded grocery distributor in America, signed a 20-year lease with options, the developer said......»»

Leidos Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) and Parsons Corp. (NYSE: PSN) earned spots on a $4 billion contract as part of a joint venture to support the cleanup of a former nuclear weapons site in southern Washington state.  The Department of Energy announced.....»»

The most-coveted contract — construction manager — for an estimated $300 million expansion of Milwaukee’s downtown convention center likely to be awarded in January 2020. The building’s owner the Wisconsin Center District issued a request fo.....»»

Gov. Roy Cooper’s challenge to CEOs? Lobby on behalf of education. Cooper, speaking Tuesday morning at the North Carolina CEO Forum at the Raleigh Convention Center, again called education investments key in keeping the state competitive. “We .....»»

Fisher Investments founder Ken Fisher said there will be no lay-offs at his Washington state investment firm despite some $3 billion in withdrawals by pension funds and others over allegedly sexist remarks he made at an investor conference......»»