The Connecticut state government has formally declined to devote taxpayer funds for the construction of a minor league soccer stadium in Bridgeport, the state’s most populous city. CTInsider reports Economic Development Commissioner Daniel O’Keefe confirmed that state...
The Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN) is planning to close several hundred US restaurants after reporting a dismal fourth quarter financial performance. The Associated Press reports the Dublin, Ohio-headquartered company experienced a 10% year-over-year decline in its global...
A Capitol Hill conundrum on affordable homeownership, another state wants the Chicago Bears, and a historic theater reopens for business. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 9-13. Miss: A Problem, Not a...
A grassroots effort to overturn the 14.65% property tax hike approved last December for Utah’s Salt Lake County has failed. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the group Ax the Tax sought to collect petition signatures that would have placed the property tax overturn on...
The real estate investment and development firm Leyad has acquired St. Vital Centre, the Winnipeg shopping center, for $160.5 million. St. Vital Centre encompasses approximately 1 million square feet of gross leasable area and features 160 retailers. It attracts 8...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), has reiterated he will not support Kevin Warsh’s appointment to become the next Federal Reserve chairman despite an effort by the White House to break down the senator’s insistence that the resolution of a criminal investigation into Fed...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker: Don’t Blame Me for High Property Taxes
