Real Estate

Jim Mills says the latest trend in the office furnishings industry is revealed in the term ‘sit and stand’.

“It’s like being a guide, working at a bookstore,” says Wayne Greene. He’s the owner and sole employee of The Last Word on Windsor Street.

Prominent Halifax building contractor and civil engineer Jim Brennan is firing on all cylinders in his new life after leaving a senior exec role with Bird Construction’s Atlantic office.

Residential landlord Jim Spatz is on a roll with his new posh 300-unit rental, The Maple, at the corner of Hollis and Sackville streets in Halifax.

Mark Boudreau, an exec with Loblaw Company-owned Atlantic Superstore, which is based in Halifax, reports an extended contract to exclusively retail Hope Blooms salad dressing has just been reached.

The closure this spring of 40-year-old Pleasant Valley Nurseries in Antigonish has been a boon to former competitors -as far as Truro.

Faced with the impending opening of a 300,000-square foot retail IKEA store, Michael Smith has been hired by the famous big box retailer to outfit its kitchen cabinet displays at the store in Dartmouth Crossing.