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DAN GROVENew job title: Assistant project engineerCompany: Choate Construction Co.Duties: Grove will help coordinate and assist the project management team on specific construction projects.Related...
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Dulany Industries to develop former Tronox site
Savannah-based Dulany Industries Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it has reached an agreement with Greenfield Environmental Savannah Trust LLC to buy the 1,600-acre former site of Kerr McGee...
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Pooler Marketplace ExpoDate: July 17Time: 5-7 p.m. Location: National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air ForceCost: This event is open to the public and admission is free.Register: For more information...
View ArticleGas prices down in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah fell 3.3 cents a gallon last week to $3.46 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national average has...
View ArticleBerwick Marketplace sold for $5.9 million
South Carolina firm Ziff Properties Inc. has sold Berwick Marketplace, a 38,000-square-foot shopping plaza on Ogeechee Road.The property sold to a private investor from South Florida in a deal worth...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Gulfstream expands safety management system
Gas prices down in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah fell 3.3 cents a gallon last week to $3.46 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in...
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Visit Savannah staffs Ellis Square with 'first impression specialists'
Visit Savannah has staffed a third downtown visitor center, this one at Ellis Square.“Adding the new location at Ellis Square gives Visit Savannah and its chamber members a high visibility location in...
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Citigroup to pay $7B in subprime mortgages probe
WASHINGTON — Citigroup agreed Monday to pay $7 billion to settle a federal investigation into its handling of risky subprime mortgages, admitting to a pattern of deception that Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Curb extensions good idea for Savannah's historic neighborhoods
The new downtown Kroger opened almost 20 years ago on East Gwinnett Street.At some point we’ll have to stop calling it “new,” even though the grocery continues to reinvent itself with recent additions...
View ArticleLabor market still needs Fed support, chair says
WASHINGTON — Despite recent sizable job gains, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is signaling that her agency is in no rush to withdraw the massive support it is providing the U.S. economy.Extra...
View ArticleListening to learn and learning to listen
I used to hear, “It is not what you know, but who you know.” Today, I believe, it is not who you know or what you know but how fast you can learn. A friend of mine decided to re-enter her career after...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Merger to create nation’s largest family controlled bank
Today in BiS magazine• These days, Keith Gay is the managing partner of a Tybee Island vacation rental and property management company along with being an associate real estate broker. Along the way,...
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Condo sales return to Savannah market
Empty nesters, young professionals and SCAD parents are resurrecting Savannah’s battered condominium market, which has continued to hold its own over the last two years.About 130 condos have sold in...
View ArticleDOT calls Athens upgrades more pressing
ATLANTA — The Savannah harbor expansion project is expected to bring so much new business that community leaders in Macon and West Georgia aren’t willing to wait patiently for improvements in the...
View ArticleSoutheastern executives expect moderate inflation
Southeastern executives expect moderate inflation ATLANTA — Business executives across the Southeast expect that inflation will be 1.9 percent over the next 12 months, according to a survey released...
View ArticleGa. lawmakers look for ways to make alcohol laws more business friendly
ATLANTA — A temporary, appointed committee met Wednesday to begin the process of updating the state’s laws dealing with alcohol production, sales and consumption in an effort to simplify commerce, but...
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Development at historic Trustees' Garden property gains momentum
Development plans are gaining momentum at the 9-acre Trustees’ Garden property on the eastern edge of the Historic District, purchased about a decade ago by a local firm with deep Savannah ties.The...
View ArticleBiS Luncheon: Put people first, earn trust
It all started when Susan Isaacs graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2001.She didn’t want to leave Savannah but couldn’t find a job — design wasn’t a big deal in Savannah, not yet at...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Insurance agency owner recognized
Insurance agency owner recognizedAllstate agency owner Terry Carter has been designated an Allstate Premier Agency for 2014 due to his role as a business leader and involved citizen.The Allstate...
View ArticleWith 'harm' already done, salt-marsh lawsuit dismissed
COLUMBIA — A federal judge has dealt a defeat to environmental advocates who had sued a Florida businessman and his South Coast Mitigation Group over plans to convert rare freshwater wetlands into salt...
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