Most energy pros don't expect price bounce-back this year

Oil and gas professionals are worried about prices, and they aren’t feeling optimistic that the situation will change anytime soon.

The Dallas Business Journal reports that in a survey conducted by Capital One, 89 percent of oil and gas professionals said they don’t expect commodity prices to bounce back in 2015. Seventy-three percent said those prices are their biggest concern, a major shift from last year, when oil was more than $100 per barrel and regulations were the biggest worry.

The decline…

Publix confirms plans for two more locations in Charlotte market

Publix Super Markets Inc. has confirmed plans for two new stores in the Charlotte market — one in the Cotswold area and the other in Mooresville.

Florida-based developer Stiles shared some details of the grocer’s plans for that Cotswold store last week. The 49,000-square-foot store at 4425 Randolph Road will be on the east side of the road, between Greenwich and North Sharon Amity roads. The location is across from the Harris Teeter-anchored Cotswold Village shopping center.

That is a highly…

District Energy buys St. Paul's Jenne Building

District Energy, the the St. Paul nonprofit that heats and cools much of the city’s downtown, will move its headquarters to the Jenne Building after buying the historic property for $1.73 million.

The Pioneer Press reports on the plan for the building, a four-story art-moderne style structure at St. Peter Street and Kellogg Boulevard. Originally the Women’s City Club, its distinct, wavy facade helped land it on the National Register of Historic Places, and it was also once home to the Minnesota…

Albuquerque Toyota dealership to get $12 million makeover

An Albuquerque Toyota dealership is launching a $12 million remodel that will make it one of the largest Toyota dealers in the country.

Larry H. Miller Dealerships announced Friday that Larry H. Miller American Toyota Albuquerque, at 5995 Alameda Blvd. NE, will expand its existing 61,045-square-foot building to 90,000 square feet. The new facility will include wi-fi and a café bar, an energy efficient heating/cooling system, the most advanced service facilities in the industry and a new car delivery…

Female execs pass on tips to Ann Richards School students (Slideshow)

Fifteen women corporate executives and entrepreneurs from The Committee of 200 shared lessons learned with 87 juniors from The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders at a March 27 event at Intel Corp. offices in Austin.

The program, part of C200’s Reachout series, is designed to inspire future women business leaders.

C200 Reachout participants included current and former leaders of Food Network and HGTV, Celanese, Citrix, StarTex Power, Little Farm Company, Tuesday Morning, Virginia Industries,…