The East Coast-based tutoring provider is transitioning its six corporate-owned locations in Minnesota into franchisee-owned sites, and they are all on the market; it’s also promoting 11 additional undeveloped locations.
Economy
A new report projects growth in the Twin Cities, including a trend reversal that will bring more people to the core cities and to inner-ring suburbs.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is leading the nation in retail construction, and construction of Bielenberg Gardens is scheduled to begin in October.
A planned $100 million renovation of the facility could begin in 2014.
The majority of metropolitan areas throughout the United States saw their economies surge in 2012, with Minneapolis-St. Paul near the front.
BodyBrite removes hair with a technology known as “intense pulse light,” and the company is planning to add three new Minnesota locations amid a larger growth strategy.
Properties in Otsego and Inver Grove Heights will go to the highest bidder.
The Department of Employment and Economic Development hired John Shoffner as the agency says Minnesota is experiencing a surge in business expansions and job openings.
Carlson Rezidor Hotels said its latest hotel deals accounted for 25 percent of all the new hotel deals that were signed in India last quarter.
Fulton Beer is adding a 51,000-square-foot production facility in Northeast Minneapolis, which will allow it to boost capacity, expand distribution outside the Twin Cities, and add to its limited and seasonal offerings.
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After the two IT providers went head-to-head in court, Atomic Data said it has acquired assets from the bankruptcy estate of Atomic Playpen.
Rochester Medical, which develops urological devices, is the third Twin Cities med-tech company that C. R. Bard, Inc., has purchased in recent years.
Minnesotans have pitched hundreds of ideas for the governor’s so-called “unsession.”
Medtronic is attempting to expand from a medical device company to a diversified provider of medical services.
A new report highlights the importance of manufacturing to Greater Minnesota, which is expected to experience the fastest growth in manufacturing jobs this decade.
Analysts International Corporation agreed to be acquired by a Georgia IT firm.
New regulatory changes are meant to promote the hiring of veterans, but the local head of the Association of General Contractors is calling foul, claiming paperwork costs could be prohibitive.