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 …
Read More »Mission Inn Foundation and Museum names executive director
Gina Cavallo Collins has been named executive director of the Mission Inn Foundation and Museum. She will replace Steve Spiller, who is scheduled to retire at the end of this month after spending more than 15 years with the foundation, according to a statement. Cavallo Collins has spent 30 years …
Read More »Riverside’s agricultural business development coordinator named citrus hero
Riverside’s agricultural business development coordinator has been recognized for her efforts in fighting the Asian citrus psyliid, which carries a disease often fatal to citrus trees. Joyce Jong received an award from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, a state agency that works with cities and local officials to …
Read More »Residential grand opening scheduled
Foremost Cos., a residential land developer in Newport Beach, is scheduled to host a grand opening today at a master-planned community it’s developing in Temescal Valley. Sterling, which will be for residents at least 55 years old, will be the fifth neighborhood at Terramor, a 16-neighborhood project that will include …
Read More »Report: unemployment drops in most U.S. markets
Year-over-year unemployment rates fell in 304 of the 388 metropolitan areas during November, according to data released Thursday. Also during November, joblessness was higher in 67 areas and did not change in the remaining 17 markets, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in its monthly unemployment report. Sixty nine …
Read More »IE apartment rents among fastest growing in U.S.
The Inland Empire experienced the sixth-largest growth in apartment rents among major U.S. metropolitan markets during 2017, a report released Wednesday stated. Rents for new residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties rose 4.7 percent last year, according to RealPage Inc., a real estate software and data analytics company based …
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