Mexican grocery store chain Supermercados Morelos has signed on to open a store at New City Center, 621 N. Moore Ave. in Moore. The stores carry a variety of products from Mexico, and the Moore location also will offer a wide-range of American groceries. The store will feature a deli, bakery and extensive meat and produce selections. It is set to open with 12,262 square feet in August. This will be the chain’s fifth location. Rick Pritchett with Precor Ruffin managed lease negotiations. Read more

Do you have a great idea for a science and technology project but your wallet is too thin to move forward? The Economic Development Generating Excellence policy board just might be able to help. Read more

Oklahoma Mayor Mick Cornett officiated over the ribbon cutting of the $5.8 million, 380-foot SkyDance Bridge April 23 Downtown. Read more

For the record, Randy Hogan has no tenants lined up for a proposed building in Lower Bricktown. But, for the man who helped define that area south of Reno Avenue, he is not denying that he knows who Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant is, and that the celebrated basketball player has been talking about a restaurant venture he will be a part of in Hogan’s building. Read more

For any Star Wars fans excited about the opening of Chuy’s, an Austin, Texas-based Tex-Mex chain headed to Norman, thinking it is an homage to the furry Chewbacca, unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the storied Wookiee from the movie franchise. Read more

If you think C-SPAN only shows endless hours of debate and activity on the floor of the U.S. House and Senate, think again. In a push to diversify programming, while still covering every second of congress in action, the network began planning last year for a series of historical features on cities around the country. Oklahoma City made the list. Read more

Oklahoma City gets the gold medal for lowest unemployment rate in the nation after a few months of only taking silver. Read more

A northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex completed just more than a year ago sold on April 5 for $21.45 million. Read more

After two years of solid revenue growth, the Oklahoma State Treasurer’s Office reported totals slipped in March based on gross receipts. Read more

Google is expanding its presence in Oklahoma. Read more

Those completing postdoctoral fellowships are in good company at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation based on rankings in The Scientist magazine. Read more

Neutrality and community: two words echoed by business owners when asked why they set up shop Downtown along Automobile Alley — the once-unlikely strip along Broadway Avenue from roughly N.W. Fourth to N.W. 10th streets — to stake their claim. Read more

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Edmond finished 2011 strong, and city officials hope to continue that momentum this year. Read more

In this job market, things are tight, positions are few, and many have decided to look for new occupations - often in a field different from what they left by choice, or due to a layoff, downsizing or firing. Fortunately, I enjoy my position at okcBIZ, but wanted to see what else might be out there.
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