Orlando, Fla. — Planet Hollywood, America’s preeminent restaurant destination dedicated to celebrating the entertainment industry, reopened its Orlando flagship location, Planet Hollywood Observatory, on January 30, 2017. The restaurant overlooks the heart of Disney Springs, the dining, retail and entertainment district located at Walt Disney World Resort.
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San Francisco — Build Group Inc., one of the largest and fastest growing general contracting firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, has purchased the assets of San Jose Construction Co., Inc., and assumed responsibility for completing certain current and all future San Jose Construction projects. Build Group, Inc. has also integrated all of SJC’s employees into its organization.
St. Louis — Knoebel Construction, Inc., a full-service general contractor specializing in retail development, restaurant, grocery and retail construction nationwide, has moved its headquarters from Fenton, Mo., to Chesterfield, Mo., in St. Louis County. The new location more than doubles Knoebel Construction’s space to 9,688 square feet.
Philadelphia — CDI Studio One, the architecture division of L.R. Kimball – a CDI Company, has completed the new office complex/operation center for Sheetz, Inc., the $7.2 billion, family-owned and operated convenience store giant. Located on the Sheetz corporate campus midway between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, the project includes a 115,000-square-foot modern headquarters and operation Center and an adjacent 13,000-square-foot daycare center.
New York City — Hunter Roberts Construction Group has promoted Shane Skennonto, formerly safety director of the Philadelphia office, to director of safety. In this new role, Skennonto will oversee company-wide health and safety initiatives in Hunter Roberts’ New York, Newark and Philadelphia offices, as well as on jobsites in the surrounding counties and states.
Jacksonville, Fla. — IKEA has officially broken ground on its fifth Florida store. Until the future IKEA Jacksonville opens in fall 2017, customers can shop at IKEA Orlando and IKEA Tampa. Two other IKEA stores are located in the South Florida cities of Sunrise and Sweetwater.
Fayetteville, Ark. — READY Construction, a general contractor with offices in Fayetteville and Dallas, has completed construction of the Hideaway Pizza in North Little Rock, Ark. Hideaway Pizza was founded in 1957 in Stillwater, Okla. This marks the first Hideaway Pizza location in Arkansas and the 17th restaurant for the company.