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Cannabis Startups Expected To Boost Warehouse Rents In Boston, L.A.

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Industrial rents in already-expensive cities like Los Angeles and Boston are expected to get a boost because of weed startups, according to Bloomberg Markets. Legal weed has already driven up rents in cities such as Denver, Seattle, and Portland, which had previously relaxed cannabis laws.

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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

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A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields outside of the major cities that dominate most tech job searches. The test project was introduced Monday (Jan. 27) by a host of officials including Gov.

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Uber Connect Expands For Holiday Package Delivery

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locations recently added for Uber Connect include Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Charleston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Connecticut, Detroit, Fort Myers-Naples, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St.

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Indochino Eyes Expansion In 2019

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.; as well as a second Boston location and a fourth in the Greater Toronto Area, according to Chain Store Age. And five additional locations will open on the West Coast, with three in California — Roseville, San Diego and San Jose — plus Portland, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. 18, followed by Portland on Feb.

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Grubhub Launches Relief Fund To Aid Restaurants, Drivers

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Mayors from New York City, Chicago, Boston and Portland are participating in a program where Grubhub will suspend the collection of up to $100 million in commission payments from restaurants across the country.

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New Uber Service Caters To Skiers, Snowboarders

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The ski/snowboarding option will be available in cities that have mountains and snow, like Anchorage, Boise, Boston, Eastern Washington, Flagstaff and Arizona and Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Lehigh Valley, Minneapolis-St.

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Entrepreneurial Upscale Chefs Are Plating Recovery Plans

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After cherished Boston dining spot, Stella, closed its doors due to pandemic losses, chef and owner Evan Deluty couldn’t let the dream die — or his heavenly preparations disappear — and has reinvented Stella as a gourmet food truck. Others are taking it outdoors, where people tend to feel safer than in enclosed spaces these days.

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