Tag: chicago
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Five college towns worth staying put in after graduation
[ad_1] Your diploma has been framed, the cap and gown are in storage, and you’ve been to more going-away parties than you can count. Now, where to focus that job hunt and narrow down where to live after graduation? If your destination wish list includes lots of culture, a smaller-town feel and football Saturdays (you’re…
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BJ’s Wholesale weighs impact of organized retail crime. ‘We see it,’ says CEO.
[ad_1] The impact of organized retail crime has been a subtheme of earnings season in the retail sector, with BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. CEO Bob Eddy the latest executive to weigh in on the issue. “Organized retail crime is definitely a thing,” he said, during a conference call to discuss the company’s first-quarter results…
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Cities want offices turned into homes. This is what’s being ignored
[ad_1] Cities counting on sweeping plans to quickly turn half-empty office buildings into new homes might want to listen to Nathan Berman, the longtime go-to guy for residential conversion projects in lower Manhattan. Berman made his mark on New York City’s financial district before and after 9/11 with Metro Loft, his property-development firm, which is…