CoworkCafe aims to convert empty restaurants to offices during the day

After spending the better part of the last 15 years surfing coffee shops as he worked as an independent software developer — contending with spotty Wi-Fi, crowded tables and crying babies — David James figured there had to be a better way.

So he and a friend, Ramzy Azar, started brainstorming ways to bring the cafe culture to the co-working spaces that seem to be multiplying rapidly throughout the D.C. area, and CoworkCafe was born.

CoworkCafe launched quietly earlier this month in the lounge…

Dozens of proposed apartments in Houston stalled amid oil downturn

The drop in oil prices has claimed dozens of proposed apartment projects in Houston, according to an industry expert.

Pat Duffy, president of Colliers International’s Houston office, estimates that between 40 and 70 proposed projects may have been postponed or canceled amid the economic uncertainty surrounding oil prices. Financing for new apartment projects has dried up as oil prices fell to six-year lows in recent months, forcing major multifamily developers, like The Hanover Co., to focus on…

Another business moving out of Westport Village

The Artist in You is moving out of Westport Village.

The paint-your-own-pottery business posted a notice to its Facebook page that the store will move its studio from Westport Village on Herr Lane to The Vogue Center, 3733 Lexington Road.

No one could be reached at The Artist in You. The store was closed today as the business took inventory and set up at its new location, according to the notice. It will reopen tomorrow and resume its regular hours at Westport Village until the end of the month.…

Pegula Sports may shift offices to The Creamery

The financially struggling One Seneca Tower may soon lose another office tenant — this one with one of the highest profiles in the region.

Several sources have confirmed that Pegula Sports & Entertainment may soon be leaving the largely vacant, 38-story building and moving to Ellicott Development Co.’s The Creamery on Scott St. Pegula Sports & Entertainment oversees many of the sports and entertainment business holdings, including the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, controlled by Terry and Kim…

State tax deals promising nearly 200 new jobs, with logistics company moving to 250 S. High

Four companies are pledging to create at least 198 jobs and invest $13 million in Central Ohio after getting incentive deals from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.

The panel approved incentives for 13 projects statewide that are expected to create 1,401 jobs. Here are the details, according to information from the state and economic development organization Columbus 2020:

Coyote Logistics LLC

Business: Chicago-based logistics provider. Plans: Relocate administrative operations from Hilliard and expand…