Ascena Retail Group has signed a 10-year plus lease on an industrial building in Riverside. The Mahwah, N.J.-based company will occupy the 582,772-square-foot building at 7295 San Gorgonio Drive starting July 1, according to a statement by Western Realco in Newport Beach. The building will be Ascena’s first warehouse-distribution operation …
Read More »SB County Businesses Get Tax Credits
Seven businesses in San Bernardino County have earned $3.65 million in tax credits for expanding and creating jobs. The award, from the California Competes Tax Credit program, will help those companies generate approximately $79.3 million in investments within the county and hire more than 500 full-time employees, according to a …
Read More »Inland Empire Manufacturing Stays Strong
Manufacturing in the Inland Empire remained solid during April, according to data released Monday. The region’s purchasing manage’s index last month was 52.3, up slightly compared with March, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. It was also the fourth consecutive month …
Read More »The Future is Bright for Small Businesses in the Inland Empire
So says Mike Stull, an academic and entrepreneur who runs a local academic program devoted to growing and developing entrepreneurship in the two-county region. Now is probably a good time to start a business in the Inland Empire, although there could be some rough patches ahead, according to Stull. To …
Read More »OIA Traffic Up
Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport was up during the first quarter of this year, in part because of a steep increase in international traffic. Overall traffic was up 1.87 percent compared with the first quarter of 2015, according to data released Thursday by Los Angeles World Airports. During the …
Read More »Native Americans Donate to Library
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has donated $40,000 to The Friends of the San Bernardino Public Library. The money, which was presented earlier this month, will be used to buy books for four city libraries, according to a statement. The books will be in various genres for people …
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