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After more than 30 years in commercial real estate, Wade Bowlin became the new leader of Avison Young’s Houston office last year through a partial merger with Madison Marquette.
Toronto-based Avison Young agreed to acquire the office and industrial property management, agency leasing and project management service lines of Washington, D.C.-based developer Madison Marquette in August of 2022, gaining 235 commercial real estate professionals in the deal. Bowlin started as principal and managing director in October. 

San Francisco Mayor London Breed told an audience at the Bloomberg Technology Summit investors should consider demolishing the Westfield mall in downtown and put something new like a sports stadium in its stead.
“We can tear down the whole building and build a whole new soccer stadium,” Breed said, according to Bloomberg. 

Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.

The declines snapped winning streaks for U.S. indexes.

A chatbot can be an effective motivator that helps you set goals and organize your schedule to achieve them.

At least a dozen people have reported being injured by the toy. The top fins pose a risk of “impalement, lacerations and punctures,” the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

A chatbot can be an effective motivator that helps you set goals and organize your schedule to achieve them.

The mid-Atlantic has emerged as one of the most prominent hubs for the life sciences industry. Yet industry experts say the region — which stretches from the Baltimore metro area to the Washington, D.C., area and south to Richmond — is not fully mature.
There is still substantial runway remaining for the industry to grow locally, given some of the region’s advantages compared to other hubs nationwide, experts said Wednesday at Bisnow’s Mid-Atlantic Life Sciences & Biotech Summit.
“It’s much cheaper to live here, to have your employees live here, and have a higher quality of life than it would be in some of…

No one was injured in the blaze, but some battery-electric trucks were damaged.

Across the U.S., Asian beer makers are putting their mark on an industry that is still predominantly white.