Stories by Avia Collinder

Olympia Crown Hotel, located on Molynes Road near the heart of Half-Way Tree in Kingston, has been placed on the market by owner Robert Forbes.Forbes, 65, who is also managing director for the 92-room hotel, told Gleaner Business that he needed...

  Amid rumours that the Playa hotel group has expressed interest in buying hotels owned by Sagicor Group Jamaica, informed sources said Friday that Rohan Miller had separated from the financial conglomerate. Gleaner Business understands that...

JN Small Business Loans Limited, JNSBL, is predicting growth in new loans within a range of 30-40 per cent, based on the demand for credit and consistent with previous...

GraceKennedy Limited expects to commission new manufacturing space at Denbigh, Clarendon, by midsummer, from where it will produce canned and frozen foods for Jamaican consumers and foreign markets, according to Group CEO Don Wehby.The conglomerate...

The Kingston property acquired by Carita Limited from Salada will become the food distribution company's new home in February, providing the base from which it will later diversify into production, according to CEO Rita Hilton.Coffee company Salada...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust, JNHT, is on a quest to preserve the Blue Lagoon as a protected national heritage site and is seeking a declaration of the area as a national monument. A management plan for the area has been drafted."We expect by...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) indicated at midyear that it had closed bidding on the Orange Grove Estate in Trelawny, but the state agency was back in the market this month with a new invitation for investors to consider the historic property for...

Continental Baking Company Limited, operator of National Bakery, is building a new bakery outlet in Kingston that will feature storage facilities and 5,000 square feet of retail space.The new distribution point at the corner of Skibo Avenue and...

The business management consulting firm, Above or Beyond, founded by Dr Leahcim Semaj and headed by Dr Sandra Palmer, has expanded into Miramar, South Florida.The addition of a new office in an overseas market follows 35 years of operation...

Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) made a near-250 per cent turnaround in the first quarter ending September, having turned a US$315,650 loss into a profit of US$463,...

Pierre Shirley, the general manager of Proven Reit, a subsidiary of the Proven Group, says the company's newest project is GIAU, an upscale residential development consisting of 11 luxury two- and three-storey villas and six two-bedroom apartments...