Baja Fresh heads back to Phoenix area with several locations planned

Famous Dave's locations in the Phoenix area closed on Wednesday as the company transitioned the sites to corporate ownership. The four barbecue joints — in Chandler, Peoria, Gilbert and Mesa — were shuttered for the day to conduct staff meetings ab.....»»

More change is planned in the Oak Cliff area. A local company that's spent more than a decade doing adaptive reuse projects in the southern Dallas neighborhood has fresh designs for a former ice house near the DART station for the zoo......»»

Chop5, an Ohio-based fast-casual chopped salad and bowl concept, has hired a Scottsdale-based company to help it expand through franchising and is looking to open more than a dozen locations in the Phoenix-area......»»

Portland brewer Breakside is expanding in several directions with planned openings in Portland, Lake Oswego and Beaverton. The brewer's newest location, a mobile beer truck serving the CORE Food Carts at 3612 S.E. 82nd Ave., opened last week. .....»»

The chain has locations planned or opened in eight states......»»

The Alamo Drafthouse franchisee who owns the three Phoenix-area locations filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week......»»

Related Group, a Florida-based real estate developer that announced in 2018 it planned to make investments in Arizona worth $500 million, hired Michael D’Andrea and Ed Ledger to lead the company’s Phoenix metro area expansion. D’Andrea will lea.....»»

The California homebuilder, which has purchased two Phoenix-area competitors in the past year, is looking toward building out its own master-planned communities in key parts of the Phoenix market. Here's where he is starting work first......»»

A spa franchise that offers floating therapy is expanding to the Miami Valley this summer with its first area location. And the franchisee is already looking to bring more locations to the region......»»

Tempe-based Cartel Coffee Lab is expanding its presence around the Valley with two more Phoenix locations. On Dec. 20, Cartel will open its northern-most Arizona location on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea boulevards in the Paradise Valley area o.....»»

The coworking company opened in the Camelback Esplanade, the first of four locations announced for the Valley......»»

The opening of the Fry's grocery store in downtown Phoenix, a first for the area, has been pushed back a month. The 67,000-square-foot urban store is now expected to open in late October, the company said in a news release this week. A specific openin.....»»

Six Phoenix-area master-planned communities are among the 50 top-selling communities across the country, according to a Washington, D.C.-based real estate group. RCLCO Real Estate Advisors this week released its survey of the most popular master-pla.....»»

A longtime Portland food purveyor has a new location. Cason's Fine Meats, which has sold its butchered goods in six spots over the last 44 years — including in the Kenton neighborhood — has hung its shingle in the Alberta area. The company opene.....»»

Charlotte Russe Holdings Corp., a women's clothing retailer, will close its remaining stores, The Wall Street Journal reports. In February, Charlotte Russe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it planned to close 94 stores. Locally, c.....»»

Sutter Health’s electronic emergency system failed early Tuesday morning, causing some locations in the Sacramento area to go offline, according to Sutter representatives. The system is still down, but Sutter hopes to have it back online Wednesda.....»»

Boardroom Salon for Men, an upscale barber shop based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, is looking to make a big splash as it jumps into the Phoenix market this year. Company founder and CEO Bruce Schultz said he plans to open seven to 10 locations th.....»»

Notable transactions included Toll Brothers’ purchase of nearly 785 acres of land in Surprise for 2,207 planned single-family lots for $62.5 million......»»

A Dayton-area couple is working to raise funds for the renovation and restoration of a Beavercreek property dating back to 1810......»»

The area near Grand Avenue has become a hot spot for artists and creative professionals......»»