Business

Aldi, the European-based discount supermarket chain that began opening stores in Southern California last year, has donated $100,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, including several chapters in the Inland Empire. The Boys & Girls Club of Menifee, Southwest [Riverside] County, Greater Redlands and Greater Redlands-Riverside all will receive …

Ben Benoit recently took over as vice president of public affairs for the California Apartment Association’s Inland Empire chapter. With housing prices up this should be a a good time for apartment builders, but Benoit says the industry faces challenges. When the Greater Inland Empire chapter of the California Apartment …

A Palm Springs-based company has started a website designed to help people franchise their business. TEAM Rennick, which uses algorithms and other information to develop custom franchise plans for businesses, launched teamrennick.com to help people get started in franchising, the company announced Thursday. “If you’re thinking about franchising your business …

EZER, the Pomona company that moves goods instead of people, has yet to turn a profit. However, it’s close to closing several deals that could change that almost immediately, according to its founder and owner. One year ago, Glenn Todd was launching EZER, a business modeled on Uber except that …

A longtime developer and philanthropist has been be reappointed president of the Baldy View chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California. Ali Sahabi will serve a second consecutive term this year as head of the non-profit organization, a non-profit that advocates on behalf of the homebuilding industry, according …

The two-county region has affordable residential land and, like just about every submarket, a population that’s aging. The task now is to identify the places where those kind of communities will work and secure the land.  When Steve Cameron looks at demographic data, he sees mainly two things: millennials at …