A look inside the new Mellow Mushroom

In case you don’t have time to stop by the new Mellow Mushroom anytime soon, Business First photographer Tim Harris popped in to snap some photos of the unique-looking space.

The Mellow Mushroom opened today at 1023 Bardstown Road, just a couple doors down from Jack Fry’s and locally owned Wick’s Pizza. The two-story, 5098-square-foot building has been about a year in the making, and it stands out among its neighbors. It can seat around 260 people and has 14 parking spaces around the back.

The…

Expansion: HQ Raleigh to take over furniture production facility in downtown Raleigh

HQ Raleigh is growing, its co-founders having just purchased what used to be the William-Cozart furniture production facility on West Street in downtown Raleigh.

The building, comprising 10,000 square feet behind HQ’s existing headquarters on Harrington Street, will be redeveloped into 30,000 to 50,000 square feet of space that will include offices for larger startup teams as well as meeting space. The building will end up being a two- or three-story structure once complete.

The new annex, located…

San Antonio's new energy economy to attract more companies, jobs to city

San Antonio’s new energy economy is expected to attract more companies to the Alamo City, according to participants at an electrical engineering conference.

More than 600 electrical engineers from 21 countries gathered at the Marriott Rivercenter on Monday morning for the “Life of a Transformer” seminar.

The week-long event will feature technical discussions on managing and maintaining electrical power grids.

But San Antonio’s CPS Energy was in the spotlight during the keynote address where the…

Tennessee company picked to operate Buffalo's Small Boat Harbor

The prospect of coming into a resurgent Buffalo and taking over the largest marina in New York state were among the deciding factors that prompted Safe Harbor Development LLC to bid on taking over the operations at the Buffalo Harbor State Park.

The bid by Knoxville, Tenn.-based Safe Harbor was one of four submitted last fall to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. It was unanimously accepted by the ECHDC directors Monday…

Phoenix Investors sells Nebraska mall to raise money for local industrial purchases

Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors sold a large Nebraska shopping center for $16.78 million and will use the proceeds to buy industrial buildings in Wisconsin and the Midwest.

The Phoenix Investors group owned Centro Plaza in Lincoln for more than 20 years. Frank Crivello, executive vice president of Phoenix Investors, said the company plans to focus on acquiring more industrial properties.

“Therefore, our team decided to sell Centro Plaza and exchange that equity into industrial properties across…