Editor’s note:Another week has come and gone, and it’s time to round up the top headlines from the past few days.
The Topped off in December, the Dynamic One building is being developed by Beacon in collaboration with Zoë Life Science and is scheduled to open before the end of the year.
“Beacon is excited that Dynamic One will be our first entry into the fast-growing Houston Life Science market,” says Fred Seigel, president and CEO of Beacon, in a news release.
Remote and mobile workers in north Houston now have a new space to set up shop.
Common Desk — City Place offers workers more than 25,000 square feet of workspace across the first and second floors, per a release.
Ten companies — including Calpine, Boston Consulting Group, and HP — have agreed to provide professional mentors and a handful of universities will offer the mentorship opportunity to students.
“Since 2017, the Partnership has facilitated collaboration between higher education leaders and the business community to strengthen the region’s talent pipeline and ensure more opportunity for Houstonians,” says Partnership Chair Thad Hill, who serves as president and CEO of Calpine, in a news release.
Joy Jones, who has worked for a decade in the corporate world, is starting the new year with a new career — this one focused on her passion of providing more STEM programming access to students.
“Talking with Ruth and hearing the story of her mission to touch 1 million kids through Code Wiz, I found exactly what I’ve been looking for, a mission that aligned with mine,” says Jones, in a news release.
Rivalry Tech, which created sEATz, an in-seat food delivery platform for sports and entertainment venues, has launched myEATZ in the App Store and Google Play.
For Rivalry Tech’s co-founder and CEO, Aaron Knape, being able to provide this tool to health care workers is a personal win for him.
“Being married to a nurse, and living next door to the largest medical center in the world, I’ve seen the challenges faced by healthcare workers the past few years,” he says in a news release.
The smart grocery carts lets you scan items as you go, place them directly into your grocery bags, and head straight to the car when you’re done shopping.
Payment is then processed using the credit card associated with the shopper’s Amazon account, and an automated receipt arrives at the associated email account after exiting the store.
While the carts have been in Amazon Fresh Stores across the country since 2020, they are now available in select Whole Foods Markets.