| North Lamar building redone to better fit trendy Austin neighborhood Here’s a recipe for making one of Austin’s most remarkable building transformations of late: Take a 1970s-era, 31,000-square-foot medical office building in an up-and-coming area, tear down its bland facade, let Michael Hsu’s Design Office make it over, and have a prolific retail leasing company fill it. Within 18 months, it’s nearly fully leased despite the economy. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Joan Dye Gussow’s New Garden When Joan Dye Gussow, nutritionist and matriarch of the eat-locally-think-globally food movement, lost her vegetable garden, she took the opportunity to reinvent it. nytimes.com |
Dick's sets credit card deal with GE unit Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. and GE Capital Retail Consumer Finance, Stamford, Conn., struck a seven-year credit card deal. (GE) (DKS) feeds.bizjournals.com |
World Financial Network National Bank countersues Gander Mountain The provider of Gander Mountain Co.’s store-brand credit card has fired back in a lawsuit over a policy dispute, countersuing the outdoors retailer for publicly disclosing their contract. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Kohl's opens 21 new stores Kohl’s Corp. said Wednesday it has opened 21 new stores in 15 states, bringing its total number of new stores to 30 in 2010. Kohl’s also opened its third customer service and operations center, in San Antonio, that will serve Kohl’s credit card and Kohls.com customers nationwide. (KSS) feeds.bizjournals.com |