Daily Business Report — Jan. 31, 2011
Terra Restaurant Moving to La Mesa After 13 years running Hillcrest’s Terra Restaurant, executive chef and owner Jeff Rossman has had to contend with two major problems — the lack of available parking and its relatively obscure location in a shopping center. “Parking’s a nightmare for everyone. Even our vendors nearly get ticketed for double-parking [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 28, 2011
Artist With A Big Canvas Most actors like to see their names in lights. Illustrator Blair Thornley prefers big buildings, magazines and newspapers to demonstrate her gestural characters. The latest canvas on which Thornley’s illustrations are featured is the North Park Parking Garage at North Park Way and 30th Street. Thornley, a North Park resident, answered [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 27, 2011
Downtown San Diego Partnership Gears for a Fight When Gov. Jerry Brown tells local officials “we’re going to take your redevelopment dollars” to help balance the state budget, former Gov. Pete Wilson shouts: “Like hell you are!” The former San Diego mayor and U.S. senator yelled that to a crowd of more than 300 attending [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 26, 2011
Foreclosure Activity Slows in San Diego County The number of San Diego County homes going into foreclosure dropped considerably in the fourth quarter of 2010 — a decline of 24.8 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009, according to San Diego-based DataQuick Information Systems. Notices of Default numbered 4,917 in last year’s fourth quarter, or [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 25, 2011
San Diego County Employment: Up by 1,800 jobs over the month and 6,100 jobs over the year The unemployment rate in San Diego County was 10.1 percent in December, down from 10.4 percent in November and below the year-ago estimate of 10.3 percent, according to the state Employment Development Department. California’s jobless rate for December was [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 24, 2011
San Diego Architectural Firms Merge After competing against each other for the past two decades, Graham Downes Architecture and Architectural Concepts Inc. (ACI) have decided to merge under the Graham Downes name. “After 18 years of private practice as Architectural Concepts, it was time to evolve,” said Margit Whitlock of ACI. “Graham has this incredible [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 21, 2011
Changes in the Workplace 2011 heralds a new decade of changes in the workplace — fewer private offices and more open-desk environments, smaller workstations, less reliance ontelephones, among others. David Marino, principal of Irving Hughes Inc., catalogues the changes in January’s SD METRO. Look for his column at sandiegometro.com. DD Studio’s Innovation Camp is Saturday [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 20, 2011
Annex Brands Acquires Navis Pack & Ship System Annex Brands Inc., a San Diego company formerly known as Postal Annex, has acquired the 49-unit Navis Pack & Ship franchise system to bring its total franchise network to more than 380 in 38 states and Canada. The company’s existing brands include PostalAnnex+, Handle With Care Packaging [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 19, 2011
December Home Sales in San Diego Move Up A total of 3,191 home sales were recorded in San Diego County in December, an increase of 625 sales from November but a decline of 12.6 percent from the3,652 sales in December 2009, according to DataQuick Information Systems of San Diego. The median home [...]
Daily Business Report — Jan. 18, 2011
Bob Kevane Heads San Diego Association of Realtors Bob Kevane, founder and owner of The Kevane Co. and a 40-year veteran of the real estate industry, has been installed as the 2011 president of the San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR). Kevane was elected by the membership of the 12,000-member organization. As president, Kevane will [...]
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