Briefcase Palm Beach

Rachel Duewer Hyatt Place execs named Kolter’s Hyatt Place West Palm Downtown has named Ben Walters as general manager and Rachel Duewer as director of sales.

Who dat? Voodoo Bayou The team behind Jupiter’s Calaveras Cantina is opening Voodoo Bayou, with New Orleans-style cuisine, at Downtown at the Gardens by late fall. It will take over the former Cabo Flats location.

Muscle car showroom coming MaxMotive, a classic muscle car showroom and dealership from Pittsburgh, has signed a lease for 22,500 square feet at 1800 NW First Court in Boca Raton. The lease was brokered by Prakas Group, which is headquartered on the second floor of the building.

A new hub emerges HappyorNot Americas, a Finnish-based provider of digital customer service satisfaction and performance platforms, has leased 9,004 square feet at the 1690 Congress Ave. office building in Delray Beach. The 70,000-square-foot office building is part of the Centerpointe Delray redevelopment district that encompasses the former Office Depot headquarters campus. More than 600 apartments and up to 330,000 square feet of retail and restaurants are planned.

Verdex lands 55-plus community deal Verdex Construction of West Palm Beach has been selected to build The Sovana at Stuart, a 55-plus resort-style rental community with 182 one- and two-bedroom apartments at 1950 NW Federal Highway.

Ben Walters Hyatt Place execs named Kolter’s Hyatt Place West Palm Downtown has named Ben Walters as general manager and Rachel Duewer as director of sales.

Vagabond Apparel on the move  Vagabond Apparel owner Elizabeth LeGore is moving her North Palm Beach women’s, men’s and kids’ apparel and accessories store to an 1,800-square-foot location at Downtown at the Gardens. It is expected to open in November next to West Elm.Vagabond Apparel on the move  Vagabond Apparel owner Elizabeth LeGore is moving her North Palm Beach women’s, men’s and kids’ apparel and accessories store to an 1,800-square-foot location at Downtown at the Gardens. It is expected to open in November next to West Elm.

Mark Krejcarek Hospitality Design Guild expands Hospitality Design Guild, a two-year-old boutique interior architectural design firm in Boca Raton, is opening a Dallas office and adopting a collaborative team approach across specialties for its projects.

Len Trevino. Len Treviño, SBA communications professor at FAU’s College of Business, and Mingxiang Li, assistant professor at FAU’s College of Business were study co-authors. Gender gap persists Although female entrepreneurs are the fastest-growing segment among startup enterprises, women are still less likely than men to start new ventures. A new study in the Journal of World Business, across 45 nations by faculty at Florida Atlantic University and Eastern Michigan University, found women were 30 percent less likely than men to start business ventures, which suggests deep-seated gender beliefs may still be playing a role.

Mingxiang Li, assistant professor at FAU’s College of Business were study co-authors. Gender gap persists Although female entrepreneurs are the fastest-growing segment among startup enterprises, women are still less likely than men to start new ventures. A new study in the Journal of World Business, across 45 nations by faculty at Florida Atlantic University and Eastern Michigan University, found women were 30 percent less likely than men to start business ventures, which suggests deep-seated gender beliefs may still be playing a role.

Publix center in West Boca sold Avison Young’s Florida Capital Markets Group negotiated the $16 million sale of West Boca Plaza, a 70,524-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center at 22973-23071 State Road 7, Boca Raton. The seller was Investments Limited.

Progress at Uptown Boca Giles Capital Group, Rosemurgy Properties and Schmier Property Group in partnership with Wheelock Street Capital have topped off two structures in the mixed-use Uptown Boca project, which will feature over 150,000 square feet of retail and 456 apartments.

New chamber chairman John Carr, managing director of Venture Construction Group, is the new chairman of the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce.

Allegiant back at PBIA Allegiant is returning to Palm Beach International Airport with nonstop routes to Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina; Cincinnati; Indianapolis; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Pittsburgh.