Stadium Square developer still seeks grocery tenant as 1 backs out

Stadium Square developer Caves Valley Partners is still pursuing a plan to bring a grocery store to South Baltimore even though negotiations with a prospective tenant have fallen through.

Arsh Mirmiran, a partner at Caves Valley Partners, said the $250 million mixed-use project his company is developing along three blocks in Sharp-Leadenhall initially attracted a “grocer not in the city” that explored a lease for Stadium Square. But Mirmiran said the officials for the grocery chain, which he declined…

Third time the charm? Legilators want to rename Texas Railroad Commission again

Austin lawmakers will try again to rename the Texas Railroad Commission to more accurately reflect what the agency does.

Two names have been proposed by two different bills.

House Bill 224 would change the name to Texas Energy Resources Commission. The bill was proposed by Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City.

And House Bill 1106 goes for a shorter name, Texas Energy Commission. That bill was filed by Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman.

This is the third legislative session in a row to attempt to…

Newcomer takes home top honors at Rodeo Houston's foodie awards

A record-breaking crowd of more than 5,000 skipped the Oscars Feb. 22 to swarm NRG Center for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Roundup and Best Bites Competition.

The sold-out event featured more than 90 local restaurants and caterers all vying for top honors — the Trailblazing Award. A panel of judges — which consisted of media personalities and food critics — sampled and voted on the food. The crowd voted on their favorites for the Popular Choice Award.

Newly opened Davis Street @…

Polypore to be sold for $3.2 billion in two-step deal

Polypore International (NYSE:PPO) has agreed to be sold in a two-part, all-cash deal valued at $3.2 billion.

The deal involves the sale of Polypore’s two divisions to two separate companies. But the $1 billion in proceeds from the sale of its medical and chemical filtration business will go to the Japanese company that is paying the $3.2 billion price.

The Charlotte-based company’s battery separator business — including its Celgard subsidiary, which has major manufacturing operations in Charlotte…

Panel at UNC: Utility rates going way of phone plans?

The chief executives of Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK) and Southern Co. (NYSE:SO) talked Friday about changing technologies and energy-industry trends. But they also championed the need for pricing innovation in the sale of electricity.

Speaking on “Adapting to a Changing Power Industry” at the N.C. CleanTech Summit at UNC Chapel Hill’s Friday Center for Continuing Education, Southern CEO Tom Fanning said the utility rate system is outmoded and does not meet customers needs.

“It would probably be…