Whitney Peak Tower Gets Paint Job

Lo and behold! Here's something you haven't seen since Fitzgerald's closed...the tower getting a fresh paint job!

Le Crepe Cafe Takes Residence Downtown

Moves into 170 South Virginia Street in the State Street building, joining La Famiglia and Feugo.

Council Tidbits - New Casino on Virginia Street

Exciting news for Virginia Street as a new gaming license and alcohol app approval pops up next Wednesday for 237 and 241 North Virginia Street. Here's the Agenda. It is named 'Siri's Casino' in the agenda. Also interesting the applicant is Jeffrey Siri, who is President of Club Cal Neva.

Mark Estee Opens New Restaurant

Mark Estee opens new French Cuisine restaurant in Nevada Museum of Art.

Various Construction Tidbits

Various updates on Midtown and downtown projects.

Council Tidbits

Quite a few interesting tidbits for tomorrow's council meeting.

Truckee River Lane Building FINALLY Sees New Light

Exciting times are on the horizon for the Truckee Lane Building, located at 248 West First Street. You might have heard about the controversy involving the lease agreements for Java Jungle, Sierra Tap House, and Jungle Vino? Well that's all solved and the building will soon get a $1.2 million rehab.

Take a YouTube Food Tour of Reno

There are some awesome places to grab a bite to eat in Reno, even compared to larger cities. We have our own Foodie group on Facebook, and some people get excited enough about it to make videos and blog about it. I am not sure on the source of the video below, it just popped up on my Reno RSS feed. The buzz on Facebook is it's a college student project. In any case, it's a cool vid, worth a watch, and promotes downtown and Midtown businesses from a younger perspective.

Downtown Episode IV: A New Hope

There are a lot of exciting projects queued up for downtown Reno. If even 3 of them come to fruition, downtown Reno will be a strikingly different area.

The first one involves the former Woolworths building. The plan for Woolworths is to convert the first floor into a full-size grocery store.

Reno Cracks Whip on Downtown Properties

Reno is cracking down on vacant properties in the downtown area, and recently promoted code enforcement officer Alex Woodley to revitalization manager. According to this story at News 4, he has already notified 25 properties of 56 code violations. Read the full story here.

Various Tidbits

A round-up of quick rumors and tidbits from the development world and beyond. 

Whitney Peak Hotel Selects Construction Firm

The Whitney Peak Hotel has selected Miles Construction, a design-assist and construction management firm, as general contractor for its $6 million hotel renovation project and set to replace the historic Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino in downtown Reno in Spring 2014.