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Magnolia Cafe owner discusses South Congress rent increases, businesses priced out

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Businesses continue to open and close in the Austin area. According to the Downtown Austin Alliance's 2023 State of Downtown Report, since February 2020, 125 storefront businesses closed and 71 opened. Just up the street on South Congress, Magnolia Cafe Owner Kent Cole said he's seen some closings and openings in that area as well.Cole said for businesses lined up along the well-known street, it costs a pretty penny to be there. "We're in a situation on the street where we have seen enormous growth within blocks of here and an enormous escalation of the rental prices," Cole said. It's caused some businesses there to close down or move. RELATED COVERAGE: South Congress Books ‘priced out,’ announces relocation to old Austin neighborhood "Some of our long established neighboring businesses have left. Some simply relocated out by Ben White, south and other ones have gone east," Cole said. "Many of them have simply gone home and just stopped or went into another line ...

$2B of real estate potential hits the market from troubled company

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- The $2 billion infill development pipeline of embattled real estate firm StoryBuilt is for sale.The commercial and residential pipeline of PSW Real Estate LLC, StoryBuilt’s legal name, consists of 28 projects across Austin, Seattle, Denver and Dallas and is available for purchase in its entirety or separately through a receiver sale by A&G Real Estate Partners and Onyx Asset Advisors, according to an Oct. 9 announcement. The pipeline is to be sold by the end of the year, according to the asset sale website.“StoryBuilt’s history, design skills and management talent are strong, as is its pipeline of well-conceived and located assets, but like many other builders in recent years, the company ran into capital constraints,” stated Mike Bergthold, managing director at the court-appointed receiver, Stapleton Group. “For real estate investors, this truly is a unique and rare opportunity to acquire the entire company, inclusive of assets, people and qu...

VSP receive hundreds of tips in fatal rail trail shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

CASTLETON, Vt. (NEWS10) -- Vermont State Police said they have received more than 200 tips in the death of Honoree Fleming, who was shot and killed while on the Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail in Castleton. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Police are still searching for a suspect, who they said should be considered armed and dangerous. Police detectives want to speak with anyone who was on the trail between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5.A person of interest has been described as a white mal with short red hair last seen wearing a dark gray t-shirt and carrying a black backpack. A section of the trail remains closed to the public while the investigation continues.

Hundreds gather in solidarity for Israel

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- Close to 1,000 people joined Governor Kathy Hochul and others in Albany for a community rally and emergency fundraising event in support of Israel. Hundreds waited in line to get the chance to show solidarity and support for Israel as a community. The governor received a standing ovation, as the synagogue was filled with songs and prayers for peace.“We stand with Israel,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.” Today, I flew the flag over my residence, the governor’s mansion, and it will soon be flying over the state’s capital beginning Wednesday.” Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Hank Greenburg, a member of the Jewish Federation, said this event is important for the whole community.“Well, for the Jewish community in the Capital Region, in the state, the nation, the world… we’re shocked, saddened, appalled, and determined to stand as one with Israel,” he said.Jewel Goodman said she is still shocked over what happened...

City taking steps to keep squatters out of Famous Barr building

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis is taking drastic action to save the former Famous Barr building downtown, days after a frightening fire in the building, FOX 2 News has learned.All the boards that wrap around all four sides of the building, covering up street-level windows, will be replaced with metal plates.Wooden boards on both sides of the southeast corner of the building went up in flames on Friday. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but a fire department spokesman says it’s clear the fire started inside the building.“It was shocking. There’s no telling what else is going on... on the inside,” said downtown resident Harry Rogers. “Every day that I walk by here, the boards are torn down on one side (of the building) or the other.”Fabrication and welding contractors were circling the building on Monday, taking measurements and mapping out a plan to cover the street level and the windows right above it.FOX 2 has documented repeated efforts to secure the building only to have...

Mother continues fighting for police video of her son’s fatal encounter

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. – A St. Louis woman whose son was killed in a bizarre police encounter with a Washington Park officer intends to hold investigators to their promise.It’s been six weeks since she says investigators told her she could watch police video from the incident.The Washington Park Police Department continues to offer no comment about a case that remains in the hands of the Illinois State Police.Kyeiree Myers, a 28-year-old father of three, was reportedly not a suspect the night he encountered police and was killed on Aug. 23.Dorothy Snowden, Myers’ mother, told us two days later that an Illinois State Police investigator said he was gathering police video. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW Snowden said he told her, "Maybe about...

Local church group traveling through Israel still stuck in the Middle East

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A local church group traveling through Israel is stuck in the Middle East as commercial flights out of the country are canceled.Liz Carter landed in St. Louis over the weekend after leaving Tel Aviv on one of the last flights out."It was like a huge celebration everywhere that we went. There are people from all over the world,” she said. “They call it the world capital for a reason, because you hear every language there. It had been an incredible trip for all of us.”She said it was a trip of a lifetime: two weeks traveling through the Holy Land in Israel with 41 other members from Morningstar Church. She had no idea how lucky she would be when she left the group a couple of days early."We left a little bit before midnight, so I didn't hear anything that was happening, but when we landed in Newark, everyone turns on their phones, and they're getting alerts and there was just this wave that washed through the plane,” Carter said. “People were getting on their phones; they ...

$20M sports center expands opportunities for SLU athletes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The bar is being raised when it comes to student athletics at St. Louis University. Hundreds gathered Monday for the grand opening of the O'Loughlin Family Champions Center. This resource center, adjacent to Chaifetz Arena, is helping student-athletes on and off the field."It builds connections and that will translate to the field," grad student Daigo Konnicks said.Konnicks, a native of the Netherlands, began playing soccer at age 4. He’s played in St. Louis for the last several years."SLU is known for a very prestigious soccer legacy," he said.Thanks to the 25,000-square-foot O’Loughlin Family Champions Center, it’s not the only game that’s growing. City taking steps to keep squatters out of Famous Barr building "This facility takes Billiken athletics to a whole new level. It puts us on a stage where we can compete with anybody in the basketball-centric space of Division I," SLU Athletic Director Chris May said.The facility contains a student success suite and a perfo...

Keeler: Ex-Broncos tackle Billy Turner on Nathaniel Hackett, Sean Payton, Broncos Country? “They just got some stuff to figure out.”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

Nathaniel Hackett 31, Sean Payton 21.Vic Fangio 70, Sean Payton 20.Josh McDaniels 17, Sean Payton 16.Make it stop.Man, I’ll betcha Vance Joseph ’18 wishes he could get a crack at Vance Joseph ’23. I mean, why should all the other disgraced, shamed former Broncos coaches have all the fun right now?Frank Filchock just rolled over in his grave. Then he grabbed a clipboard.Make it stop.Seriously, Billy Turner. Make. It. Stop.“You know what?” Turner, the former Broncos offensive tackle, told me before he packed up his locker late Sunday and joined his New York Jets teammates on the bus back to sanity.“They’ve got some great players on this (Broncos) team. This is a good football team. Those years that I was here (and the) years I haven’t been here, it’s always been a good football team with special players. Unfortunately for them, they weren’t able to win (in Week 5), but that’s not to say they don’t have a good foot...

Thousands rally for Israel in Beverly Hills

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:52:32 GMT

Thousands of people took the streets Monday in Beverly Hills to rally in support of Israel after the bloody surprise attack by Hamas on Israeli soil over the weekend, prompting Israeli officials to declare war against the militant group.  While Los Angeles is geographically far from the State of Israel, many Angelenos have personal connections to that part of the world, friends and families directly impacted the crisis.  As Israel goes on the offensive, some of the rally-goers said their loved ones in Israel are being called up for reserve duty, while others told KTLA that they lost loved ones in Saturday’s terrorist attack where the death toll stands at 900 Israeli lives lost. At least 100 people, including Americans, have been kidnapped and taken hostage.  “I just pray that my family is safe and that my cousins can come back to their families and their young children,” Lisa Carothers, who has family in Israel, told KTLA. “That’s all that matters to me.”  She ad...