Jeff Kiger

Another World, an immersive VR game arena, opened on Nov. 9 at 2300 Superior Drive NW. It offers two gaming arenas for players to schedule 45-minute games. Players can choose from multiple games.

Total Wine, the largest alcohol retailer in the U.S., opened its new Rochester warehouse store at 40 25th St. SE on Friday as a “soft opening.” An official grand opening is slated for Thursday.

Bryan Rodriguez is moving his creative firm - Ark the Agency - into the Associated Bank building in downtown Rochester. The space will house the Ark branding firm and a commercial visual studio.

Lumi, a Minneapolis restaurant with an international flair, recently opened a location in the ex-Well/ Dooley’s space at 255 First Ave. SW in downtown Rochester. Its menu features 10 cuisines.

Chad Behnken and Chris Terry, two familiar names in Rochester real estate and banking circles, have joined forces to launch Core Real Estate Group to focus on commercial real estate, leasing and development.

The Ghost Signs of Rochester tracks signs and displays that stand like specters beckoning people to businesses of the past that have long since closed up.

Alex Ibarra is gearing up to open Another World, a completely immersive VR game arena, in northwest Rochester on Nov. 9. The 45-minute games allow players to compete in digital environments.

A New York City-based asset management firm recently paid $4.39 million for a 20-year-old Rochester banking complex.

Nucleus RadioPharma, co-founded by Mayo Clinic, plans to build facilities in Mesa, Arizona and Springhouse, Pennsylvania. The start-up is also creating a manufacturing center in downtown Rochester

The nonprofit Minnesota Rush Club is launching its own Soccer Post shop inside the Rush World complex in Rochester. Minnesota Rush hopes to open the doors of the new store on Nov. 2.

Mayo Employees Federal Credit Union is moving its oldest branch from the Centerplace/US Bank complex in downtown Rochester to a space in the Kahler Hotel that was last occupied by Fiddlehead Coffee.

Mayo Clinic employees have been privately discussing Mayo Clinic’s “re-organizing” efforts since this summer, when some employees were notified that their jobs were being eliminated.

A quartet of local entrepreneurs have cobbled together a plan to turn an almost 120-year-old former shoe repair shop into a cozy hangout spot called The Shoe Beverage Bar in Rochester’s North Broadway Avenue.

TW Holdings recently bought a northwest Rochester complex at 4229 West Frontage Road for $2.3 million purchase price. As a new tenant, ActivePT plans to build a clinic in the center to open in 2025.

It has been almost a year since Total Wine, the largest alcohol retailer in the U.S., first filed permits to build out a south Rochester store. Unofficial sources say a November opening is planned.

James Krom Natural Images recently opened a second downtown Rochester art gallery on the skyway of the Hilton Hotel. Like his original shop in the subway, it sells paintings, sculptures and jewelry.

Under the name of Rochester Storage Partners, Checketts Development of Provo, Utah purchased the former A & A Mini Storage on Sept. 20. Checketts bought it from Richard Arend, who built it in 1993.

As part of Furniture Mart’s acquisition of Furniture Superstore, the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based retailer recently paid $6 million for the 100,000-square-foot retail complex in northwest Rochester.

Construction crews have the "pedal to the metal" to get Rochester's new Blue Lagoon Mini Golf outdoor course open before the snow flies. The hope is to open in early October for a mini season of golf.

While the store’s founders are retiring and clearing out inventory, Rochester’s Furniture Superstore will remain open under new ownership.