Entries Tagged as 'Business'

Safari Cup Coffee unexpectedly left Birmingham’s coffee scene a little more than three years ago. It’s spent most of those three years in Chicago becoming a staple of the city’s Lakeview district. Now, it’s getting a new next-door neighbor – Starbucks.
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October 1st, 2012 · Comments Off · Business, Movies

We’ll be seeing a little less neon around metro Birmingham come the beginning of next year – unless Carmike finds a way to work it into their plans for the area locations they’re purchasing from Rave. It essentially removes Rave from the state market and gives Carmike control of an IMAX screen.
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July 18th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business

It’s not exactly a slow news day in Birmingham, but it was probably time to do a visual check-in on the city’s soon-to-be newest pharmacy option (or rather their latest location) while looking at what other news they’ve been making – around the world.
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Tags:Clairmont Avenue·construction·update·Walgreens
July 12th, 2012 · Comments Off · 35233, Development

There probably wasn’t much doubt at all, but it was probably a relaxed feeling at the Innovation Depot offices of Motus Motorcycles after receiving incentives from the City of Birmingham and approval for work to be done on the facade of their new home on the city’s Southside.
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Tags:35233·approval·Birmingham·home·incentives·Motus Motorcycles
July 12th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business

When one number goes up, another must come down. It seemed like that would be the case anyway based on two reports released weeks apart about Birmingham, AL’s housing market at the midway point of 2012. Overall, things are looking pretty good right now.
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Tags:apartment·housing vacancy·information·rental·vacancy rate
July 11th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business, food, Online

There are a lot of things on people’s minds in Birmingham, AL right now. There have had a lot of online petitions being shared as well. The latest example available is one being circulated seeking support for the city’s growing food truck scene as well as why it happened today.
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Tags:Birmingham·Business·Citywide·food·food truck·ordinance·petition·support

This afternoon the raising of a beam at the site of the old Bruno’s on the Colonial Brookwood Village property adjacent to Highway 31 in Homewood could signal a shift in where retailers choose to build and invest to attract area shoppers.
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June 20th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business, food

Craft beer fans in Birmingham, AL are considering the stealth Twitter announcement on June 19 about the arrival of Oskar Blues next month in the northern 2/3 of the state as a homecoming. It’s also an opportunity to expose more people to the joys of canned craft beer.
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Tags:Alabama·beer·cans·craft beer·information·oskar blues