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Boston -- Charter Realty & Development Corp. announced the acquisition of 60-70 Cross Street in Boston’s North End. The property is the latest addition to Charter’s growing commercial portfolio in Massachusetts and kick-starts its new urban program. Charter currently owns and operates over a million and a half square feet of commercial space in the Bay State.  

Bonita Springs, Fla. -- DeRomo’s Gourmet Market & Restaurant, a family-owned market, restaurant and catering company with operations throughout South Florida and New York, opened its newest location in Bonita Springs, Florida in October.   

New York City -- Juice Generation, a juice bar concept with 12 locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, signed a lease for its first Financial District location at 101 Maiden Lane, located at the corner of Pearl Street at the base of the luxury residential complex 2 Gold Street.  

 

Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee Weaver Enterprises Ltd. is using Toshiba SurePOS 500 POS hardware and software, including touchscreen terminals, to meet corporate software standards and improve the checkout experience. Working with business partner Tolt Solutions, Weaver selected Toshiba’s SurePOS 500 and SureMark printer as the core of the new POS solution.

Using the Toshiba SurePOS 500’s spill-resistant, infrared touchscreen terminal and running Compris POS software, Weaver has increased employee productivity and reduced customer wait time.

Emeryville, Calif. –- Jamba Juice Co. has successfully optimized a campaign leveraging Fishbowl’s Promotions Manager solution, which enabled Jamba Juice to create optimized and reliable (one time use per code) promotions, distribute them both directly and through Groupon, then authenticate and track the performance in real time, capturing the underlying transaction data.  

Santa Clara, Calif. --The Irvine Company announced that Santa Clara’s first Whole Foods Market is coming to Santa Clara Square, a unique office campus and specialty retail center being built at Great America Parkway and the 101 freeway in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Portland, Me. -- Charter Realty and Development announced that it has leased space to Dunkin Donuts at Westgate Shopping Center, located in Portland, Me.  Dunkin Donuts took 2,474 sq. ft. and will be joining Shaw’s, CVS, Anytime Fitness, Bank of America, TD Bank North and Advance Auto Parts.  

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The designation comes way of the Harvard Business Review’s 2014 ranking of the 100 best-performing CEOs. The list offers the only ranking of global CEOs’ performances over their entire tenure.