Commercial Construction & Renovation

The owners of Upside Pizza are planning a new restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn. The new place, set to open in August at 345 Adams Street, will be a smaller, simpler operation, its tiny kitchen requiring their menu offer more stripped-down slices. Read The New York Times story here

The Minnesota Vikings football team's new headquarters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Eagan will have a new neighbor in a 14-story Omni Hotels and Resorts property. The chain's first Minnesota location will open next fall. Read the Star Tribune story here

Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio, will welcome six new retailers as part of a $500 million expansion. The additions include Arhaus Furniture, The Beeline, Forbidden Root Restaurant and Brewery and Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce Cafe & Speakeasy. Read the Shopping Center Business story here

Work is underway on a Marriott Delta Hotel that anchors a mixed-use project in Southlake, Texas, that includes up to 240,000 square feet of offices, restaurants and stores, according to The Dallas Morning News. General contractor Hill & Wilkinson is expected to wrap up work next year.

Dillard's has announced store closures at the Oakwood Mall in Enid, Oklahoma, the Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Cary Towne Center in North Carolina. The retailer currently anchors Arizona's Pinnacle Hills Promenade, Northwest Arkansas Mall and Park Plaza mall. The retailer closed stores in Boardman, Ohio, and Muskogee, Oklahoma, earlier this year. Read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story here

The 3-year-old Asbury Ocean Club Hotel on the New Jersey shore combines luxury and convenience with an added emphasis on local employment and area revitalization. Guests enjoy a choice of 54 rooms filling the fourth floor of the upscale Asbury Club. Read the Hotels Magazine online story here

M Health Fairview will open a walk-in clinic at Minnesota's Mall of America to treat shoppers and mall employees. The facility will include a pharmacy and be equipped to perform lab tests and radiology services. Read the Pioneer Press story here

The Planning Board last week unanimously approved a plan for a six-story, 135-room hotel at the corner of Cross and Commercial streets. The Canopy Portland Waterfront is proposed by Fathom Cos., developer of the Press Hotel on Exchange Street, and will include ground-floor restaurant and retail space, as well as an indoor-outdoor rooftop bar and restaurant. Read the Portland Press Herald story here

The owner of Rand Tower, a historic Art Deco office building in downtown Minneapolis, is transforming it into a Tribute by Marriott hotel. Read the Star Tribune story here

An InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) property is set to open in August: Hotel Indigo Everett-Waterfront Place is a 142-key boutique hotel, part of the 65-acre Waterfront Place project. Read the Commercial Property Executive story here