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Courtesy of JMC Holdings A rendering of the revised plan for a new building at the site of former Wholey’s cold storage warehouse. Courtesy of JMC Holdings The original plan for a new tower on Penn Avenue at the former Wholey’s cold storage warehouse between Pittsburgh’s Strip District and Downtown.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Plans for a new tower on Penn Avenue at the former Wholey’s cold storage warehouse between Pittsburgh’s Strip District and Downtown areas were given approval this w...

TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A former warehouse that until July had been a Sears Outlet in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood is poised to become the latest local “last mile” facility for Amazon deliveries. The site, at 27 51st St., was initially being developed by Spear Street Capital to lure a tech-based tenant, according to Lauren Connelly, executive director of Lawrenceville Corp., the local development organization. Connelly said that Spear Street, a San Francisco-based firm, had committe...

>> we now have the top two tips you need to know to help you grow your business. let's introduce your panel. jennifer is the head of community and groups at facebook and author of "purposeful: are you a manager or a movement starter?" and tom davidson is the founder and ceo of ever fine. good to see you both. >> thanks for having us. >> you've grown your company from zero people, just yourself, to almost 600 people now. >> that's right. >> in the past ten years. congratulations. let's start with you, tom. what's something you've learned you think others should copy or avoid? >> sure. the best ...

To refuse to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple on religious grounds. how wise is it to reject any customer based on their believes? daniel has conducted research on employee and consumer reactions to companies that take controversial political stands and chairman of the delfi group and good to see both of you. >> thank you, j.j. >> this is so interesting to me. and i actually want to flip this discussion, because there are some cases where you want to make a stand, you probably know what you're getting into. right? you maybe not know the extent of the backlash or support, but what happ...

Statement of yours about the environment, we just pulled out of the paris agreement, what -- what do you think about it? >> so it's those expectations that are driving a lot of this and that companies are finding that they made some statements in the past that are coming back and they're going to have to honor them. >> so do you think, tom, that if you are not willing to put your money where your mouth is then, then you need to stop standing for something? i mean, as a company now, do you not only need to stand for something in the way you run your own business, but you better be prepared to s...