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• The new interim director of University Medical Center is a familiar name

  17-03-2017 20:06 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Ken Marshall has been named as the interim president and CEO of University Medical Center.University of Louisville interim president Gregory Postel said that Marshall had assumed the CEO role on Monday of this week at a U of L board of trustees meeting Thursday. Gary Mans, U of L Health Sciences Center communications director, confirmed in an interview Friday that Marshall accepted the position.The University Medical Center is a U of L nonprofit affiliate that is made up of University of Louisvi
  
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• Old Forester Distillery construction downtown hits a milestone (PHOTOS)

  17-03-2017 19:47 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Some of the fermenting equipment has been installed at the Old Forester Distillery being constructed on Main Street.Old Forester is owned by Louisville-based distillery Brown-Forman Corp., which shared some photos of the installation with us. You can check those images out in the slideshow.The installation marks a milestone for the distillery project, which is being built inside the shell of two buildings at 117 and 119 W. Main Sts.Old Forester Brand president Campbell Brown told me today that&h
  
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• RowdMap nabs new exec ... and he comes with experience

  17-03-2017 19:45 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  RowdMap Inc., a Louisville startup, has hired a new executive vice president of transformation.Kai Tsai, who has executive experience with other health care companies, will take on a market and business development role, according to a news release.RowdMap has developed software to help health providers, health plans and other clients make better decisions about managing care services. The software pulls together a lot of health data from sources such as the federal Centers for Medicare and Medi
  
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• Sneak peek at The List: These are Louisville's largest residential real estate firms

  17-03-2017 19:31 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The March 17 issue of Louisville Business First has two lists: one that ranks the area's residential real estate firms, and another that ranks area mortgage originators.The residential real estate firms list is ranked by 2016 sales volume out of the local offices.The list is available to subscribers of Louisville Business First, but for a sneak peek of the top five residential real estate firms, click on the attached slideshow.In conjunction with the list, our In Person feature introduces you&he
  
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• NCAA women's basketball tournament to pump millions into Louisville this weekend

  17-03-2017 19:08 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville and other cities across the country are now deep in the throes of March Madness with the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments kicking off this week.And Louisville is getting in on the action by hosting first- and second-round women's games at the KFC Yum Center.The first game tips off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with the Louisville Cardinals playing Tennessee-Chattanooga. That game will be followed by a scheduled 4 p.m. matchup between Tennessee and Dayton. Tickets are available&he
  
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• Here's how many of Kroger's Louisville employees will take early retirement deal

  17-03-2017 18:41 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  About 35 Louisville employees of Kroger Co. will take a voluntary retirement deal offered by the company in December.In an effort to cut costs, the Cincinnati-based grocery giant (NYSE: KR) offered the deal to about 2,000 employees, according to a report by our sister publication, the Cincinnati Business Journal. The offer was made only to non-store employees and did not include store and district associates, senior officers or supermarket division presidents.Tim McGurk, public affairs manager&h
  
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• Relaxed alcohol laws allow Jim Beam to roll out new cocktail program for visitors

  17-03-2017 17:02 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Forget that funky cocktail you've been mixing up at home all these years. A mixology program being launched today at Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse on Fourth Street Live attempts to teach you how to mix like a pro.I sat in on a demonstration of this program yesterday afternoon alongside some other media types. For the demo, mixologist Bobby Gleason had me mixing up my own bourbon sour with Jim Beam Black Label bourbon, lemon sour, orange marmalade, strawberry preserve, egg white and a basil garnish.T
  
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• These are February's most expensive home sales in Jefferson County

  17-03-2017 16:24 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Even as inventories continue to tighten, home sales in the Louisville area declined in February.The Greater Louisville Association of Realtors reports that sales by its members fell 4.5 percent in February, to 1,054 homes from 1,104 a year earlier.After a strong January, sales for the year to date are down 0.8 percent.Meanwhile, the average home price in Jefferson County last month rose 12 percent, to $191,281, and the median price rose 11 percent $155,000.This comes amid a smaller inventory&hel
  
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• Starks, Republic building owner lands $34M loan toward $300M Cleveland project

  17-03-2017 16:08 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The owner of the Starks and Republic buildings in downtown Louisville has received a bridge loan for a major office redevelopment in downtown Cleveland.Crain's Cleveland Business reported that an affiliate of Delray Beach, Fla.-based Hudson Holdings LLC secured a $34 million bridge loan from New York City-based Gamma Real Estate, a lender and real estate owner-operator.The loan terms give Hudson Holdings up to a year to finalize construction financing for the redevelopment of the 22-story Union&
  
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• GE Appliances dryer can order dryer sheets when you run out

  17-03-2017 15:37 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville-based GE Appliances is continuing to roll out machines with internet-connected features.Today the company announced a dryer that can keep track of how many dryer sheets you use and order more when you run low. It does this by using Amazon.com Inc.'s Dash Replenishment service, according to a news release.It requires a little setup: Owners use a GE laundry app to select the dryer sheets they want to order through their Amazon account. The connected dryer will measure how many dryer&hel
  
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