Ashley Gurbal Kritzer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ashley-gurbal-kritzer/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:17:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ashley Gurbal Kritzer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ashley-gurbal-kritzer/ 32 32 103504436 Tampa Bay Rays’ deal for Hines-developed stadium in St. Petersburg is officially dead https://houstonnewmedia.org/tampa-bay-rays-deal-for-hines-developed-stadium-in-st-petersburg-is-officially-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tampa-bay-rays-deal-for-hines-developed-stadium-in-st-petersburg-is-officially-dead Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:17:54 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6c41caf344f5ee9174921d55aff8e096 The Tampa Bay Rays faced a March 31 deadline to decide whether to proceed with a stadium and redevelopment deal that took nearly 20 years to reach.

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]]> 918344 Houston homebuilder Perry Homes enters Florida in first-ever expansion outside of Texas https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-homebuilder-perry-homes-enters-florida-in-first-ever-expansion-outside-of-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-homebuilder-perry-homes-enters-florida-in-first-ever-expansion-outside-of-texas Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:26:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=1bd828140010aff7c9397cc404bb5faf Houston-based Perry Homes is expanding outside of Texas for the first time in its 57-year history.

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]]> 725266 Hurricane Ian could be second costliest storm in history https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-ian-could-be-second-costliest-storm-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-ian-could-be-second-costliest-storm-in-history Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:44:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ff7588208acf0f10fd556e9527b57433 Early estimates of damages to insured property put Ian only behind Hurricane Katrina in costliness.

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]]> 437582 Galleria mall owner Simon agrees to modified merger deal with Taubman https://houstonnewmedia.org/galleria-mall-owner-simon-agrees-to-modified-merger-deal-with-taubman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=galleria-mall-owner-simon-agrees-to-modified-merger-deal-with-taubman Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:56:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=45f2481314311bed1773590bdaedd77c The two mall owners originally announced their merger in February, but the process was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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]]> 89891 How the CEO of Outback Steakhouse parent Bloomin’ Brands staved off a pandemic meltdown https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-the-ceo-of-outback-steakhouse-parent-bloomin-brands-staved-off-a-pandemic-meltdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-ceo-of-outback-steakhouse-parent-bloomin-brands-staved-off-a-pandemic-meltdown Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=c14de086e465dd27ff15f6b163efd32b The CEO of Bloomin’ Brands is leading the national restaurant company into the future — while navigating a pandemic.

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]]> 88302 Outback Steakhouse parent co. testing fried chicken ghost kitchen Tender Shack in Houston, other cities https://houstonnewmedia.org/outback-steakhouse-parent-co-testing-fried-chicken-ghost-kitchen-tender-shack-in-houston-other-cities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outback-steakhouse-parent-co-testing-fried-chicken-ghost-kitchen-tender-shack-in-houston-other-cities Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:31:58 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fe171f4c22d9dd3320e9b4dbac7cba25 Delivery-only Tender Shack has become a source of growth for Bloomin' Brands, the Florida-based company known for restaurant chains such as Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian Grill.

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]]> 82294 Centers of Gravity: The local mall faces its day of reckoning https://houstonnewmedia.org/centers-of-gravity-the-local-mall-faces-its-day-of-reckoning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centers-of-gravity-the-local-mall-faces-its-day-of-reckoning Sun, 26 Jul 2020 03:15:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e6cbddbf14543473cafe6ebb776e35aa A global pandemic pushes the local mall toward its day of reckoning

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]]> 62277 Facing a Covid-19 case at your bar or restaurant? Here’s what an attorney says you should do https://houstonnewmedia.org/facing-a-covid-19-case-at-your-bar-or-restaurant-heres-what-an-attorney-says-you-should-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-a-covid-19-case-at-your-bar-or-restaurant-heres-what-an-attorney-says-you-should-do Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:28:07 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=85bcc44c3cf0bbf265932cb18aba33d6 "The biggest thing on the 'don’t' list is don’t let too much time pass" before notifying the public. Here's advice for customer-facing businesses like bars and restaurants in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak.

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]]> 53507 All-you-can-eat salad bar restaurant closing for good https://houstonnewmedia.org/all-you-can-eat-salad-bar-restaurant-closing-for-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-you-can-eat-salad-bar-restaurant-closing-for-good Fri, 08 May 2020 19:56:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7f65077c60da1a6116441dd21e8b0194 Sweet Tomatoes, known for its buffet of soups, salad fixings and dessert, says its self-serve business model has no place in a post-Covid-19 world and that it is closing for good.

Sweet Tomatoes is owned by San Diego, California-based Garden Fresh Res...

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]]> 42749 XFL, with an upstart team in Houston, lays off all employees and has no plans to return in 2021 https://houstonnewmedia.org/xfl-with-an-upstart-team-in-houston-lays-off-all-employees-and-has-no-plans-to-return-in-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xfl-with-an-upstart-team-in-houston-lays-off-all-employees-and-has-no-plans-to-return-in-2021 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 14:23:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e55d6f4dd26846a2320454ad23b2c8c0 The resurgence of the XFL appears to be over before it even had a chance to begin.

The XFL, which includes the Houston Roughnecks, has laid off all of its employees and suspended operations, according to ESPN and multiple other media reports.

"While...

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]]> 34677 Pier 1, already closing stores in Houston, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection https://houstonnewmedia.org/pier-1-already-closing-stores-in-houston-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pier-1-already-closing-stores-in-houston-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:46:20 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fcac84ba3cf7f91a9e93acb1622c64f4 Pier 1 Imports, which was already in the process of closing hundreds of stores, is the latest U.S. retailer to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Fort Worth-based Pier 1 said in a Feb. 17 press release that it intends to put itself up for sale as ...

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