Category: Top Stories

Imeson Commerce Center in Jacksonville, Florida, is now owned by an Orange County-based real estate company. Irvine-based CIP Real Estate Property Services doled out $54 million for a 422,136-square-foot warehouse at Imeson Commerce Center in Northeast Florida. CIP Real Estate bought the industrial property from North Signal Capital and Fox Read More

Farrah Khan, the former mayor of Irvine, has taken a senior vice president position with Quantum eMotion Corp., a Canadian-based company that recently opened its American subsidiary here to break into the highly competitive cybersecurity sector. The company’s technology is designed to protect customers against classic computer intrusions and the Read More

Corstasis Therapeutics Inc. took inspiration from Narcan when coming up for its own nasal spray. “It got me thinking, ‘What could we potentially repurpose into a nasal spray for cardiology?’” Chief Executive Benjamin “Ben” Esque told the Business Journal. For five years, the clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has developed Enbumyst, a Read More

Residents of Great Park Neighborhoods must wait one more year to get their heavily requested retail center. Dan Almquist of real estate developer Almquist, who also built San Juan Capistrano’s newest River Street Marketplace, is spearheading the upcoming shopping and dining hub called The Canopy. “It’s been a couple of Read More

There’s only one stadium in the country where you can play arcade-style Pac-Man games while taking in nine innings of baseball. That venue is Angel Stadium, thanks to Irvine-based Bandai Namco Holdings USA Inc. and the Los Angeles Angels expanding their partnership last weekend and giving Orange County baseball fans Read More

As the Hubble Space Telescope has significantly advanced the world’s understanding of the universe, Viseon’s Hubble AV system intends to have a similar impact in neurosurgery. The Irvine-based medical technology firm announced in March the first clinical use of the company device, which uses 4K imaging technology to help visualize Read More

Picture an Italian café where you can enjoy coffee and pastries in the morning, sandwiches, salads and charcuterie in the afternoon, and wine and tapas in the evening. That is the description of CasaDamí, a European-style eatery tucked within the luxury waterfront villas at Peninsula Village on the Balboa Peninsula. Read More

After several stints working at some of Orange County’s most critically acclaimed restaurants, Antonio Bevacqua is finally striking out on his own. “I always wanted to open a restaurant,” Bevacqua told the Business Journal. He’s now managing partner at the newly opened Il Girasole at South Coast Collection (SOCO) shopping center Read More