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Nashville-based coffee shop and roastery 8th & Roast Coffee Co. is now open in its new Nashville International Airport location, ownership group Reed Hospitality announced in a release.
Local management group SLA Worldwide will oversee staffing and daily operations for the in Concourse D location. That entity ultimately will oversee operations for 11 local businesses that are opening locations at the airport.
8th & Roast previously operated in a temporary airport location BNA’s Concourse C since summer 2018. A second permanent airport location, to be in Concourse C, is anticipated to open later this year, the release notes.
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Residents and commuters using the new motorway between Christchurch and Rolleston says it saves them about 15 minutes each way. This week Cooper put her Sydenham mall The Colombo on the market, a decade after she bought it from receivers for developer Dave Henderson and revamped it as a boutique shopping centre. The Colombo has about 40 tenants including Smiths City, Academy Gold Cinema, and small fashion and food outlets. Cooper tried unsuccessfully to sell the mall two years ago. Her other projects have included renovating and developing Hotel Montreal, redeveloping the Countdown Moorhouse complex, and restoring several heritage buildings.
A colony of black-billed gulls nesting in an earthquake-ravaged building in New Zealand are either a symbol of hope or a nasty nuisance, depending on who you ask.
He variously held the agriculture, primary industries, biosecurity, and forestry portfolios, and was Speaker of the House from 2013 to 2017. Upon learning he was to be made a knight, Carter said his reaction was “absolute delight, [because] it recognises the role of the speaker in New Zealand’s democracy”. “I want to thank all of my fellow parliamentarians at the time . the speaker needs to represent all parliamentarians, rather than the party they’re from. “Getting this honour from the party who were in opposition at the time means I earned their respect.” As of Monday he had not told his family he would become Sir David Carter, but said he would let them know on Wednesday night, and they would all celebrate together with a special dinner at his bach in the Marlborough Sounds.