Business

It’s official: The plaza’s owner will add more shops and an outdoor component to the property, which has been hurt by the success of Victoria Gardens. City officials and members of the city’s business community say the changes are long overdue. For the third time in its 47-year history, Montclair …

A Mojave Desert water project is expected to create up to 2,500 jobs in the Inland Empire over two years once construction begins as scheduled in 2016. The Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project (Cadiz Water Project), a plan to deliver new water to customers in the Inland …

A Lake Elsinore golf course will soon have new ownership. A U.S. District Court in Los Angeles has approved a court-appointed receiver’s plan to sell the Links at Summerly for $750,000 to China Universal Business Group, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. That was the highest bid made on …

Washington-based Haggen is about to open stores in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, part of a larger expansion into Southern California. Despite facing a lot of competition, analyst say the 82-year-old company might be entering the market at precisely the right time. The already crowded Southern California supermarket industry is …

The Inland Empire’s only independent cable television network will soon be seen north of the border. MATV, owned and operated by Corona-based Lucas Oil Products, has partnered with Anthem Media Group to create MATV Canada, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Lucas Oil announced the new arrangement Wednesday. Anthem …

McDonald’s, the global fast-food chain that got started in San Bernardino in 1940, is trying to simplify its corporate structure. The company is restructuring itself into four groups, all of which are based on how long McDonald’s has been in that market: the United States, which will remain its flagship …