The number of legal short-term rentals in New York City has plummeted since strict regulations were enforced in September.Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Last year, New York City began enforcing its near-ban on short-term rentals, including Airbnbs. As of June 24, there were just 2,276 legal short-term rentals, according to the city government. City officials say the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A once bustling department store has a new life. The 630,000-square-foot space was once a Schottenstein’s store and Value City distribution center at the corner of Westerville and Innis Roads. The store closed more than 15 years ago. By 2024, after years of planning, there is once again activity in the […]
Zora Bar & Rooftop. Zora, the shuttered rooftop bar that occupies a prime corner at the intersection of Ingersoll Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy. in Des Moines, is facing foreclosure after owner Edwin Allen III’s lender filed in court to collect on a more than $3 million mortgage. Zora Bar & Rooftop opened […]
May 10—The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is acquiring Longoria Elementary School and will transform it into the School of Art and Design. Longoria Elementary sits on 4.24 acres at 2400 E. Van Buren St., which is about two blocks from the Life Health Sciences Building on the UTRGV Brownsville Campus. Brownsville ISD closed […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is meeting next week with donors who supported her now-abandoned Republican presidential campaign, a reentry into public life that comes as the former South Carolina governor keeps drawing notable support in some state primaries despite Donald Trump‘s status as the presumptive nominee. Haley will appear at events on Monday […]
The two runways at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport were briefly closed beginning Monday morning due to a “wheel issue” with a fighter jet during an annual military exercise. Operations on both runways were closed just after 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to airport spokesperson Lori Lynah. The reliever runway reopened around 12:10 p.m., allowing flights […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of professors demand that the University of Texas reverse course on job cuts this week related to the shutdown of a diversity, equity and inclusion program impacted by one of the nation’s most sweeping bans on such initiatives. Officials at the 52,000-student university, one of the largest college campuses […]
Walmart is the latest low-price retailer to announce store closures, according to reports. Two stores in California and one store in Maryland is closing, according to the Business Insider. The media outlet also is reporting that the retailer has closed three other stores, two in California and one in Ohio. Walmart’s closure announcement comes just […]
Mar. 2—More than a year after Española police officers forced Samuel Herrera out of his longtime home at Santa Clara Apartments, he still lacks housing. He was one of dozens of residents who struggled for months to find a place to live after Española city officials abruptly condemned one of the region’s few low-income apartment […]
Former employees at The Messenger filed a class action lawsuit against the media company Thursday, a day after the failed start-up shut down and dismissed all of its roughly 300 employees. The lawsuit alleges that The Messenger violated the WARN Act — a labor law that protects employees from mass layoffs or shutdowns — by […]
A former yacht and tennis club turned event space that shut its doors in August now has a new owner. California-based Tavaco Properties acquired the Club at Treasure Island last week and plans to re-open it, Sam Tavakoli, a partner at the company, told the Tampa Bay Times. The club’s previous owner, Bill Edwards, took […]