Category Archives: Business

The Terminal’s in new edition of BBJ

Posted on September 28, 2007 | 2 comments

Launch party highlight

Terminal publisher/editor André Natta at launch party/Happy Hour for a Cause 2 on August 29 at The Bottletree. Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

Yeah, we just found out ourselves. The piece in the Birmingham Business Journal includes photos taken from the website’s launch party and Happy Hour for a Cause event on August 29th at The Bottletree. Here’s the link to the article.

If you’re a subscriber, you’ll see a few pictures. We’re not, so we’ll just have to live with that one shot of André holding the license plate at the center of this long-term project. Or the one up above.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Media, The Terminal

East Lake Texaco loses injunction case; expected to appeal

Posted on September 28, 2007 | Leave a comment

Judge Robert Vance sided with the office of the mayor and council of Birmingham when he ruled that the store at the center of a case involving allegations of physically attacking a female customer in East Lake must close its doors according to mainstream media news accounts reported just moments ago.

The store owner’s attorney has said that he would file an appeal immediately if they lost the case. Judge Vance cited the council’s concerns about safety as the reason for his ruling.

We will provide a link to a news source once one has posted.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, News

A good time to buy a home in Birmingham

Posted on September 27, 2007 | Leave a comment

This morning’s Operation New Birmingham (ONB) Breakfast Briefing is focusing on The State of City Center Residential Development. A recent issue of BusinessWeek Magazine is backing up the positive report that attendees are hearing so far, not just for the city center, but for the entire region. The September 18 issue lists Birmingham, AL as the third best bargain in the country if you’re looking for a new home. Don’t believe us, click here to see the slideshow that shows the ten best and worst places; we’re slide #4!

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Citywide, real estate, Regionwide

Magic City Question: A new grocery store downtown? No, not yet

Posted on September 25, 2007 | 6 comments

It’s been a while since Torme’s doors closed in Birmingham’s city center, taking away the area’s only immediate grocery option. While stores like The Neighborhood Market fill portions of the growing downtown population’s needs, many still long for a “major” grocery store to serve the needs of area loft dwellers and small business owners.

Many had placed hope in reports saying that Publix was considering locations downtown. Well, this morning’s Birmingham News reports that we’ll just have to wait a little longer as the Lakeland, FL-based chain has decided to not move forward on two potential locations. Developers say there are other options; what would your choice be?

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Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Magic City Question

Calling all YPs now!

Posted on September 14, 2007 | Leave a comment

New on the radar, the Birmingham Council for Business Ethics is hosting a luncheon 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 at The Club and the young leaders of Birmingham are invited to attend free. And they’ll feed you free too. The only catch is that you have to register today. You can see all the details after the jump including a description of the speaker, Steve Harrison, author of “The Manager’s Book of Decencies.” RSVP here. Continue reading →

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Events, food, Homewood, yp

New life for a historic hotel

Posted on September 14, 2007 | 2 comments

Interior Of A.g. Gaston Motel Parking Area

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

You may have missed it last week, but there’s a good chance that the A.G. Gaston Hotel will be getting a new owner in the coming months, bringing along with him a new life for the local historic landmark property.

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Posted in Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, Business

Random Shots: The sale begins

Posted on September 12, 2007 | Leave a comment

Belk Downtown

Photo credit: Curtis Palmer 

A little blurry, this is the scene from the downtown Birmingham Belk this morning as more than 90 people stood in line waiting for the beginning of the “official” grand opening sale today for all area stores. The name change officially occurred on September 2. However, as we reported last month, the Parisian name lives on in metro Detroit.

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Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Citywide, Random Shots