Business

Workers are grading a site in Apple Valley that will be home to a Big Lots distribution center. Crews began moving dirt last month on the 106-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Navajo Road and LaFayette Street, according to a statement. The foundation is tentatively scheduled to be poured …

Ontario International Airport posted another sold month in November. Passenger traffic was up 8.5 percent, as the airport added more than 410,000 passengers compared with November 2016, according to a report. During the first 11 months of 2016, Ontario International served an estimated 4.1 million passengers, up 6.8 percent year-over-year. …

A national tool retailer will open a store in Victorville. Harbor Freight Tools, a family-owned chain based in Calabasas, will set up shop in a 27,330-square-foot retail building at 7th Street and La Paz Drive, according to Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services. The site, at 14676 7th St., …

Three Inland Empire community groups will donate $90,000 to the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & History, which is scheduled to open in Riverside in two years. The Riverside Latino Network, the Greater Riverside Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Spanish Town Heritage Foundation announced recently that they …

A company that installs solar panels for commercial and residential clients is moving to Temecula. Freedom Solar has agreed to lease 21,365 square feet of a building at 43445 Business Park Drive that will be its corporate headquarters, according to a statement released by Avison Young’s San Diego office. The …

Palm Springs International Airport is again offering extra parking during the holiday season, in anticipation of increased traffic. Starting Friday, an ancillary parking lot will be available on Kirk Douglas Way, which runs west of the airport, according to a statement on the city’s website. Cost is $15 per day, …