‘Telepresence’ Robots Help at the Office
Milwaukee — Shortly before New Year’s Day, a ten-person team combed through the 18-story building on Northwestern Mutual’s downtown campus here seeking an elusive culprit: the poinsettia plant. At home, Amy Lamb, who works in the insurer’s software development and support area, was waiting to hear the results of their search to determine when she could return to the office. For six years, Lamb has been forced by a severe poinsettia...
Business Notes: Jan 17, 2016
Windsor — The building formerly known as the Inn at Windsor, which had been owned by the Mascoma Savings Bank since 2014, when the bank foreclosed on the property, finally has a new owner: Steve Heim, a Boston real estate investor and residential contractor who specializes in renovating historic homes. Heim said he acquired the 1-acre property on Apothecary Lane adjacent to the Masconic Lodge and across from the Windsor Diner recently...
Canam Completes Buy Of Nearby Jewell Site
Claremont — Steel fabricator Canam Bridges on River Road has completed purchase of the nearby building owned by Jewell Transport, which is moving its trucking facility about a half-mile south this spring to a new building now under construction in the Syd Clarke Industrial Park. Canam General Manager Robert Richard said last week the purchase of the 70,000-square-foot Jewell building, which is on a parcel that borders Canam’s...
In Hot Rental Market, Appeal Of Attic Apartments Growing
Chicago — Nate King, 23, came to Chicago in search of an adventure. Timothy Englert, 25, wanted to pursue a career in improv. From the same small town in New Hampshire, the two moved out of their parents’ homes and stuffed their belongings into Englert’s Hyundai Sonata last spring hoping for new opportunities. The only problem was neither of them had jobs, and neither had a place to live. “A lot of the places fell through when they...
New York City Eyes ‘Micro’ Apartments
New York — The apartments in a new Manhattan building boast little balconies, tall ceilings, dishwashers and storage space. All in 360 square feet or less. It’s micro-living in the nation’s biggest city, and New Yorkers could be seeing more of it. Planning officials are proposing to end a limit on how small apartments can be, opening the door for more “micro-apartments” that advocates see as affordable adaptations to a growing...
