North Bay Business Journal

  • Major private construction projects on tap in 2012

    December 19th, 2011

    A number of major private-sector construction projects will be under way or are set to begin in 2012: Grady Ranch, San Rafael; Madera Vista, Corte Madera; East Washington Place, Petaluma; Marin County Emergency Operations Facility, San Rafael; Safeway expansion, Petaluma; Bell Village, Windsor; Multitenant warehouse, Napa; Kaiser data center expansion, Napa; The Barlow, Sebastopol; and Napa Century Center, Napa.

  • New study tallies economic impacts of proposed Target in San Rafael

    April 6th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — A community impact study released today on a planned 137,000-square-foot Target found that in the next four years the store would generate 164 net new jobs, a 3.6 percent net increase in retail sales and a net boost of $646,000 a year in city revenue, yet grocery and drug store sales would slip 2.9 percent because of the competition.

  • Construction: $26 million Roseland school gets funds

    December 20th, 2010

    Also: Tracking the Target proposals; new phase for Napa Gateway

  • Target will repurpose garden centers; impacts 5 of 9 North Bay stores

    August 23rd, 2010

    NORTH BAY – Target Corp.’s decision to close all its gardening departments will include five of the nine stores in the North Bay.

  • Target updates San Rafael store plan ahead of April deadline

    April 2nd, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — Up against a mid-April deadline to submit an amended project application for its planned 137,000-square-foot store in Shoreline Center, Target Corp. on Thursday filed the document with three minor changes. The retailer wants to open the store by March 2012 and expects to employ 250 to 300 people, mostly from the surrounding area of the city.

  • Marin County retail: Center renovations help maintain area’s resiliency

    March 15th, 2010

    The Marin County retail shopping centers market ended 2009 in a healthy condition with a vacancy of 6.3 percent compared with the balance of the state. This market kept its resiliency in 2009 despite the economic troubles, reporting no change in vacancy year-over-year.

  • Target renews interest in San Rafael

    March 1st, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — After tabling plans nearly a year ago for a new 137,000-square-foot department store, Target Corp. now wants to move forward with a reconfigured version of the east San Rafael project.

  • Target acquires Smith & Hawken brand

    January 18th, 2010

    NOVATO — Target acquired the Smith & Hawken brand and other intellectual property from the lawn-and-garden retailer owned by Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. The Novato-based retail chain had announced last July that due to the economy and a “lack of scale” it would close its 56 stores, including the one in Marin County employing 100.

  • Target Corp. stalls San Rafael store

    March 30th, 2009

    SAN RAFAEL — Target Corp. has delayed plans for a 137,000-square-foot store in San Rafael’s Shoreline Center as the department store chain scales back planned store openings, but the retailer continues to pursue a location in a proposed Petaluma shopping center.

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