Public's top choices for new St. Petersburg Pier designs revealed

The people have spoken, and a concept titled Destination St. Pete Pier is the top pick for a new look for the embattled St. Petersburg Pier.

Voters were able to chose up to three designs in an online poll that was open from Feb. 23 through March 6. The 16,797 voters cast 10,751 votes for Destination St. Pete Pier; The Pier Park received 6,811 votes; and Blue Pier received 4,728. View the full results here. Of the 16,797 votes cast online, 9,631 were from verified city residents older than 18. View…

Railroad commissioners support lifting crude oil export ban

All three Texas Railroad Commissioners have stated their support for asking Congress to lift the federal ban on exporting crude oil.

The Texas House of Representatives held a joint meeting of their Energy Resources Committee and International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee on Monday morning.

On the agenda, were House Concurrent Resolution 57 and House Concurrent Resolution 63.

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HCR 57 is a resolution urging Congress to lift…

Raleigh firm to build 300-unit apartment complex in uptown Charlotte

Dominion Realty Partners, a Raleigh-based commercial real estate firm, is planning to develop an approximately 300-unit midrise apartment project on a vacant block in uptown Charlotte near Gateway Village.

Dominion is under contract to purchase the block, which totals about 3.3 acres and is bounded by Trade Street, Sycamore Street, Fifth Street and Irwin Avenue. The property is owned by Bank of America Corp. and is on the opposite side of Irwin Avenue from the Gateway Village development on West…

Colorado Oil & Gas Association chief Tisha Schuller to step down

Tisha Schuller, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), will step down as chief of the trade group at the end of May — 5-1/2 years after she took up the helm of one of the state’s most influential energy groups.

Schuller called her tenure “a wild ride,” and said in an interview with the Denver Business Journal that “the timing is right” to move on.

“When I came I wanted to build a bridge between the business community, oil and gas, environmental groups and actual communities…

KU Hospital kicks off construction of $280M patient tower

The University of Kansas Hospital conducted groundbreaking ceremonies Monday as construction of the new $280 million Cambridge North Patient Tower kicked off at 39th and Cambridge streets, just northeast of the existing hospital buildings.

The seven-story facility will include 92 beds and 12 operating rooms and will house two of the fastest-growing specialty areas at the hospital: neurosciences and surgical oncology.

The 92 beds will include 28 intensive care beds. The facility also will include…