In addition to the newly announced offices, Minnesota also has plans for a foreign trade office in Germany and has already established an office in China.
Economy
A new lawsuit challenges the city's role in Ryan Companies’ proposed Downtown East project.
Zeus Jones first shared its plans for a San Francisco expansion with the New York Times.
Skybridge Americas, which is based in the western suburbs and was previously part of Carlson Marketing, is adding jobs after landing new clients and extending a key contract.
Phillips Edison purchased the Northstar Marketplace—which is anchored by a Coborn’s grocery store—last week, marking its fourth shopping center acquisition in Minnesota.
Ryan Companies’ design team released several renderings of the planned ballpark, which is slated to open for the 2015 season.
Town Hall Brewery, which has grown in recent years through the addition of two satellite locations, is now investing roughly $600,000 to renovate its flagship brewpub.
St. Paul-based Merrill Corporation acquired Grossman & Cotter to expand its footprint throughout northern California.
Imagine! Print Solutions acquired Classic Graphics to form what it calls one of the largest privately owned commercial printers in the country.
Wayzata Investment Partners is selling a Texas power plant to a Houston company for nearly $300 million more than it paid for the plant in 2011.
Sports stats provider SportsData launched in 2010 but already has a client list that includes major hitters like Google and Facebook.
Uponor, a Finnish plumbing and indoor climate systems manufacturer, has added 75 jobs in Apple Valley this year and expects its latest expansion to lead to additional hiring.
A new report states that there were 31 business expansions announced during the most recent quarter—bringing the tally to 112 during the first nine months of 2013.
The facility's owners hope that a new Timberwolves and Lynx training facility will bring “cachet” to the long-troubled property.
In recent years, studies by Forbes, the Brookings Institution and USA Today found that Minneapolis had bounced back—or bounced ever so gently—on the galloping waves of the recession.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in October, a rate last seen in January 2008; a declining labor force participation rate, however, has contributed to the trend.
The retail giant’s third-quarter earnings were held back largely by weaker-than-expected results from its expansion into Canada.
SpartanNash—which was formed through the merger of Nash Finch and Spartan Stores—selected Michigan for its headquarters due to financial incentives, a “positive business climate,” and “a more favorable tax environment.”