Jo Lown took control of the business near the end of 2009 when Bully’s was 14 days into chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
66 lithium-ion battery cells per second. 5.5 million per day. 2 billion per year.
Longtime Reno general contractor Dennis Banks is approaching retirement age for some people, but Banks isn’t quite ready to begin writing the final chapters of his lengthy construction career.
Los Angeles-based developer Industrial Realty Group is adding to the redevelopment of the greater Midtown area with a new 4,500 square feet retail building on East Plumb Lane.
There was a time when drivers could get almost anywhere in Reno-Sparks in about 20 minutes. Those days are well in the rearview, however.
The Great Recession that began in 2008, followed by a drought year in 2009, almost spelled the end for Western Turf.
John Dunlap, founder of venture studio D4 Media, said the late February launch of Dunlap Gun Storage stemmed in large part from a plethora of inquiries from firearms owners for responsible storage of their guns.
Burning Man’s gain could be Washoe County’s pain when it comes to geothermal development.
Dragonfly Energy has gained so much traction providing lithium-ion batteries for the RV industry that its batteries now come as standard equipment with every iconic Airstream travel trailer that’s shipped from the company’s manufacturing facility in Jackson Center, Ohio.
Jacobs Entertainment’s deal to swap a to-be-constructed housing development on Second Street for the aging Sarrazin Arms Apartments on Third Street will provide the Reno Housing Authority with 65 new affordable housing units – but keys likely won’t be turning locks for several years.
When Jacob Williams was injured in the line of duty while working for the California Highway Patrol in 2016, he transitioned from the patrol car to an administrative position. In 2020, however, Williams transferred from Sacramento to Truckee and found himself back in the patrol car. An early retirement followed soon after.
Amanda Hilton’s career journey from mine site accountant to general manager of the Robinson copper mine west of Ely to president of the statewide Nevada Mining Association is a story of perseverance and ability that’s more than two decades in the making.
When Jeffrey Snyder began working as executive director for OB-GYN Associates nearly 17 years ago, the practice had eight physicians. Today, it has 16, along with five nurse practitioners and three ultrasound technicians.
Renown Regional Medical Center’s service area is more than 100,000 square miles, stretching from Elko to Bishop to Lake Tahoe.
A decade ago, Victor Fuchs decided it was time for Las Vegas-based Helix Electric of Nevada to open an office in Northern Nevada.
Land once targeted for a Bass Pro Shops retail store at the junction of Mount Rose Highway and U.S. 395 will have a much different use as Panattoni Development Co., has kicked off mass grading for its 580 South mixed-use industrial development.
When Nick Sorrentino met Eric Breslow in the control booth during a KC and the Sunshine Band concert at Grand Sierra Resort in 2022, the duo could never have predicted that they would lead the company responsible for all the stage, lighting and sound equipment at Hot August Nights and other major concert events throughout Reno and Sparks.
Northern Nevada’s retail market showed its resiliency throughout 2023, with strong positive net absorption and a slight uptick in average monthly rental rates.
Adam Seger is keen on industrial development in Northern Nevada, but the principal at Indianapolis-based Pure Development said it’s quite a different process to find — and clear — land in the Silver State than in his home state of Indiana.
Just under 9 million square feet of new Class A warehouse buildings were constructed in Northern Nevada in 2023, a high-water mark far outpacing the five-year annual average of 3.5 million square feet, Kidder Mathews reports. Despite robust leasing activity, with 105 deals inked over the course of the year, the copious amount of new development pushed overall industrial vacancy rates just south of 7 percent.
Commercial real estate brokers in the office and multifamily sectors are glad 2023 is in the rearview. A new year usually brings a fresh outlook, and regional office brokers are in dire need of a breath of fresh air. Dust has finally settled from the cultural and workforce shift that saw thousands of employees leave big office buildings for cozy home workspaces, and the heavy lifting can begin to try and reposition or fill those vacant spaces.
Ryan Nicole Putzer purchased Small Strides early learning center on Prototype Drive in South Meadows in 2008. With a waitlist currently numbering more than 700 kids deep at the facility, Putzer knew there was a critical need for more day care options throughout the region.
West Fourth Street and the Neon Line District grab more headlines, but revitalization work on the other side of Virginia Street is poised to bring new retail experiences to East Fourth Street. Real estate redeveloper Josh Thieriot is as bullish as it gets about East Fourth Street. Thieriot owns multiple properties in the area and is currently renovating 903 E. Fourth St. Thieriot also plans to transform the expansive brick building across the street at 900 E. Fourth St. into an eatery and retail marketplace.
A long-delayed condominium project in Incline Village is scheduled to break ground this spring on two acres at the corners of Tahoe and Southwood boulevards.
Perenn Bakery’s wildly successful first few years at The Village at Rancharrah has led owners Aubrey and Tyler O’Laskey to expand their footprint and open a retail grocery in the popular boutique shopping center. This spring, the O’Laskeys will open an approximately 2,500-square foot grocery next door to Perenn Rancharrah bakery. Half the space that formerly housed Centro South is already being used by Perenn staff to prep all of their savory goods. The other half is being built out to be a specialty grocery and home goods shop to sell prepared foods, coffee, espresso drinks, and additional goods from local farmers and specialty retailers.
The building is divided into five storage chambers, any one of which can be chilled from negative-10 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Back in 2013 when Colby and Ashley Frey broke ground on a distillery to produce ultra-premium whiskey using grains grown on their 2,500-acre farm in Fallon, they made just 4,000 nine-liter cases of whiskey.
A side venture to fill half of an empty industrial building in Stead may prove to be a profitable new line of business for Silver Lake Storage owner Peter Styczen. Styczen has operated a growing third-party logistics company for the past 15 years. Tempo Fulfillment Inc. was founded in Aurora, Ill., and expanded to Pinellas Park, Fla., about eight years ago. In 2018, Styczen expanded again into Northern Nevada with a 30,000-square-foot warehouse on Echo Avenue in Stead.
The national trend of build-to-lease communities is gaining quite a foothold in Northern Nevada. Build-to-lease or build-to-rent communities are developed by home builders who lease rather than sell the new residences.
The fact that housing costs in Lake Tahoe and Truckee are untenable for front-line ski resort employees is as well known as the 10-minute rule about changing weather patterns in Northern Nevada. Seasonal employment at regional resorts spikes into the thousands when lifts start spinning in late November and early December. In an effort to lure and retain front-line resort employees, as well as provide lodging options for key year-round employees, major ski resorts in Northern Nevada and Northern California have added a variety of housing assets to their real estate holdings or signed numerous master leases on Tahoe-area motel and lodging properties.
One of the oldest tilt-up industrial complexes in Reno is seeing new life, and it’s already resulted in nearly full occupancy from a spate of new tenants.
Transforming the large vacant lot at the corner of Moana Lane and Neil Road into a workforce affordable housing apartment complex has already been a 27-month journey for developer Lincoln Avenue Capital, and the project is truly just beginning.
Third-party logistics provider Fidelitone’s move into a new warehouse that’s 340 percent larger than its initial space in Northern Nevada positions the company to earn new business and better serve existing customers.
Northern Nevada’s white-hot industrial market is cooling faster than a late-fall sun slipping over the Western Sierra skyline.
CandleScience, which sells a wide range of candle-making kits and supplies, moves into 96,000-square-foot distribution center in The Park at McCarran.
Dermody Properties purchased the 232-acre former Allstate campus in the Chicago suburb of Glenview in October 2022 for $232 million.
Four years ago, Yerington farmer David Peri, owner of Peri & Sons Farms, rented some ground in California’s agriculture-rich Imperial Valley in order to have a year-round spring mix lettuce farming operation.
The University of Nevada, Reno’s third-party development agreement with Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate will deliver the new College of Business building a full three years earlier — possibly more — than if the university had pursued funding for the project through the Nevada Legislature.
A decade ago, the words “data center” weren’t often used around these parts. Today, data centers represent one of the hottest sectors of industrial development in Northern Nevada. Apple kick-started regional data center development by investing more than $1 billion in its data center near Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. The facility is powered in part by a 19.9- megawatt solar installation near Yerington. Apple was quickly followed by large data centers from Switch and
That’s roughly the average output of two nuclear power plants. It’s also how much power is slated to be delivered to two massive parcels of land in Tahoe Reno Industrial Center that ultimately will become ground zero in Northern Nevada’s burgeoning data center industry.
The leadership transition at longtime Reno civil engineering and environmental consulting firm Broadbent & Associates is about as seamless as any business could hope for.
Reno-Sparks may be a few hundred miles from the tech epicenter of the San Francisco Bay Area, but as far as data transmission goes, it might as well be situated in the heart of Silicon Valley.
“Reno is the perfect location to invest in engineering talent, and it also gives us the room we need to expand."
The 10,000-seat sports stadium will be the new home of the University of Nevada, Reno men’s basketball team.
The new operator of the closed gym facility at Saint Mary’s says the reopening of Parkway Athletic Club at Saint Mary’s this October provided the perfect opportunity to extend the Parkway brand.
Two recent office building sales offer a glimmer of hope for Northern Nevada’s struggling office market, although some sub-sectors – mainly, South Meadows – continue to vastly underperform.
The largest business startup event ever held in Reno is scheduled to begin next week. Reno Startup Week runs Sept. 25-29 and takes place at multiple venues across the Truckee Meadows.
The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, Taylor Adams, officially took hold of the reins to the organization in mid-August.
Ongoing fuel cost issues are one of the main reasons why the Regional Transportation Commission has created a highly diversified fleet of buses that run on a range of alternative fuels.
Redwood Material’s 300-acre campus at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center already includes about 1 million square feet under roof
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