Retail and Hospitality

Havana Kitchen, from the owners of Tropical Grille, will open this December in the 7,200-square-foot restaurant at 1133 Woodruff Road left vacant since Mimi's Cafe closed in 2014.

A new mixed-use development to include retail and multifamily with a 4,400-square-foot footprint has been proposed for the corner of Pendleton, Irvine, and Branwood streets in the Village of West Greenville.

Durban Group from Charlotte, N.C., is proposing a multilevel hotel and restaurant development on the half-acre property near Fluor Field that is currently listed for $2.2 million.

Crescent Hotels & Resorts is an award-winning, nationally recognized operator of major hotels, resorts, and conference centers under the brands Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.

Not to be confused with the Escape Room entertainment concept, Escape Lounges are premium, common-use airport lounges designed to return the airport experience to the more pleasant one it used to be 20-plus years ago.

More than 30 hospitality businesses seeking employees will participate in the Upstate Hospitality Job Fair on Thursday, Sept. 20, at McAlister Square. The job fair will run from 12-3 p.m. and 4-7 p.m.

The Flying Biscuit Café, based in Atlanta, will occupy 2,876 square feet on the right half of the building. New franchise owner Summer Lee, who lives in Columbia but grew up in Easley, says she hopes to have the restaurant up and running after extensive build-out by early 2019.

Patrick Square, a traditional neighborhood development in Clemson, is collaborating with Dominion Senior Living to offer a unique homeowning experience for senior citizens who...

Owner Cally Mauk, who got her start in retail with Coast Apparel and moved to Greenville from Charlotte in 2014, describes her merchandising plans for Ember Outfitters as a cross between Mast General Store and Half-Moon Outfitters but not as preppy as Palmetto Moon.

Circa Barbershop is operating out of a temporary space in Hampton Station ArtUp Studios at 1320 Hampton Ave. Extension until it moves to its permanent location inside the under-construction Half-Moon Outfitters at 603 E. Stone Ave.

Gather GVL is nearly completely leased and has broken ground at 126 Augusta Road. The two-level, U-shaped food hall constructed out of shipping containers with...

The new space sits two doors down from Pace Jewelers at 1254 Pendleton St. and provides a solution to months of working with the city of Greenville on the build-out and parking difficulties of the bungalow, owner Bryan Lewis says.

This new store, set to open this fall, is operated by Copper Penny corporate and is not associated with the previous Greenville franchise, which was first located farther down Augusta Street and then moved across from the Hyatt Regency hotel on North Main Street.

Macy’s will devote a portion of its Greenville store to its discount outlet concept.

Auro Hotels has hired Jonathan Brashier as general manager for Greenville’s new, dual-branded hotel, Residence Inn/SpringHill Suites. Brashier brings more than 20 years of...