Puerto Rico’s 1st ChocoBar opens in Old San Juan
September 23, 2013
A glittering ChocoBar, with a chocolate-based menu sure to melt a dieter's firmest resolutions, has opened in old San Juan as the first salvo in a strategy by the Cortés Group to project its brand, Cortés chocolate, internationally.
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Volunteers to clean up Puerto Rico’s beaches Sept. 21st
September 19, 2013
International Coastal Cleanup Day, an international event held for nearly three decades, takes place this Saturday with more than 17,000 volunteers expected to participate in Puerto Rico, according to local organizers.
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DTOP set to boost Urban Train ridership via new service
September 18, 2013
The Department of Transportation and Public Works is expected to make an announcement in coming weeks about its plans to kick off a service to connect people from areas lacking bus service with Urban Train stations, this media outlet learned.
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Free bus service links Hato Rey and Plaza Las Américas
September 17, 2013
A transportation service to ferry people from the heart of Hato Rey to Plaza Las Américas weekdays during peek hours will debut Sept. 24, courtesy of the mall management. The service is free.
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Normandie hotel sold to Texas co., could reopen by ’15
September 9, 2013
The purchase of the long-shuttered Normandie Hotel by the Texas-based Interra Capital Group represents the company's first hotel property acquisition, said an executive close to the transaction.
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Dispute boils over to split Bebo’s Cafe into Basilia’s
August 8, 2013
A dispute involving money and the terms of a lease has unraveled a long-standing business partnership in San Juan's food industry and in its aftermath, a popular restaurant will split into two distinct eateries separated, as Berlin once was, by a wall.
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KPMG picked as financial consultant for Novotren; Contract worth up to $1.95M
July 31, 2013
KPMG LLP, one of the largest professional services companies in the world, has been tapped as the financial consultant for Novotren, the Caguas-San Juan commuter train project.
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Loíza St. fest to raise street profile
July 29, 2013
It is billed as the First Loíza St. Festival and if all works out, this "block party" planned for Aug. 4, a Sunday, along one of San Juan's best-known roads, could well become a yearly event that benefits area businesses and entertains the masses.
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Puerto Rico’s Normandie Hotel may finally have buyer
June 27, 2013
The long shuttered Normandie Hotel, a national historic site and one of San Juan's iconic buildings, may finally have a buyer. Hector Aponte, business director of NAI Puerto Rico, one of two real estate firms handling the sale of the property, said that a stateside company has signed an option to purchase the hotel from its owner, New York-based Capmark Finance Inc.
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Puerto Rico gov’t, companies to buy goods from Corp. of Industries for the Blind
June 27, 2013
Puerto Rico government agencies and big companies from the private sector are rallying to help people with disabilities through a two-fold initiative backed by the Family Department.
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Tourism, hotels eager for active summer season
June 24, 2013
Some say "go east," others "go west." For Puerto Rico, "go south" offers promising prospects in terms of tourism.
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$400M Caguas/SJ Novotrén project attracting takers
May 15, 2013
Interest in the Novotrén commuter train connecting Caguas to San Juan is apparently strong enough that more than half a dozen firms are waiting in the wings to participate in the bidding process for the project whose cost is estimated at $400 million.
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New Plaza Loíza to unveil novel shopping experience
May 6, 2013
San Juan consumers are in for a novel food shopping experience when seafood & meats emporium Plaza Loíza Corp. inaugurates its newest multi-million outlet at El Norte Shopping Center. But don't expect management to let you in on its plans.
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Coffee shop businesses brewing in Old San Juan
April 23, 2013
San Juan's expanding gourmet coffee service sector suddenly got more interesting with the entry of a Utah-based franchise with an eye catching name, a world-class product, and big plans for Puerto Rico.
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Walmart opens $56M Santurce megastore today
February 27, 2013
Walmart Supercenter Santurce opens its doors to the public at 6 a.m. today and the company expects between 10,000 and 12,000 visitors on its first day of business.
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