Here are the news stories you might find interesting today:
Mill Avenue to lose Coffee Plantation
Council OKs land deal for commuter facility
Trustee sale of Elevation Chandler postponed
Empty storefronts rule Market Street
Southeast Valley becoming aerospace business hub
Mountainside Fitness opens gym, shuts one
Latest restaurant closing: Regions Bistro
| Looks like Coffee Plantation wasn’t the only closure on downtown Tempe’s Mill Avenue over the weekend. Next-door neighbor Regions Bistro & Bar, which just opened in March, also went out of business. |
Manufacturing sector shows encouraging signs
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The nation’s manufacturing sector failed to grow in May for the 16th consecutive month, but the latest numbers from the Tempe-based Institute for Supply Management show some encouraging signs. |
GM files for bankruptcy
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General Motors, once the world’s biggest automaker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Monday, setting up a scenario under which the U.S. government will become GM’s largest shareholder. |
US takes biggest hotel industry hit in April
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April proved another negative month for the global hotel industry, according to data from Smith Travel Research. |
Balsillie to file application with NHL to move Phoenix Coyotes to Canada
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Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie will put in his official application Monday night asking the National Hockey League to let him buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them from Glendale to Hamilton, Ontario. |
Rockefeller Group Development finishes first Chandler property
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Rockefeller Group Development Corp. has completed its first Chandler Corporate Center building and is looking for tenants. |
177-Store Anchor Blue Retail Chain Files Bankruptcy
Denim and casual apparel retailer, Anchor Blue Retail Group, and four of its affiliated companies, have filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. As of May 28, Anchor Blue listed 177 stores in AZ (17), CA (95), CO (5), FL (18), GA (1), ID (1), NM (8) , NV (5), OR (3), TX (10), UT (7) and WA (7) as open and operating on its website. Click here to download the list of stores in excel format.
American Mail Order Co., also known as Old Pueblo Traders, signed a 10-and-a-half-year lease to move its headquarters to the Centre East complex in Tucson, AZ. The company is taking 44,357 square feet in three buildings at 7820, 7830 and 7840 E. Broadway Blvd.
New holistic health center in Ahwatukee
| Prescription medication may be the most common choice to cure a medical ailment, but the new Phoenix Holistic Health Center, located in the Ahwatukee Mercado Shopping Center, has brought together a team of professionals that will help Ahwatukee Foothills residents achieve wellness through less conventional methods. |
Brewer taps Cardon for state commerce post
| Mesa businessman Donald Cardon has been named director of the Arizona Department of Commerce by Gov. Jan Brewer. |
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