The invitations are out and the countdown is on: After numerous delays, Boeing Co. will mark the delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways exactly one week from today in Everett, Wash.
The "contractual delivery" between the companies will take place a day before
Boeing Co.’s first 787 delivery to customer ANA is more than three years behind schedule.
The jet made its first public appearance after being rolled out of a hangar last month.
"The airplane is ready. ANA is ready. And Boeing is ready," said Jim Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "This airplane begins a new chapter in aviation history."
ANA's 787 is due to land Sept. 28 in Tokyo, where it is expected to be greeted by airline employees and the media.
The Asian carrier kicked off the 787 program with a record-setting order of 50 of the lightweight composite jets in April 2004.
"As launch customer, we are delighted to be taking delivery of our first 787 Dreamliner," said Shinichiro Ito, president and CEO of ANA Group. "This aircraft will enable us to offer new standards of service and comfort to our passengers and will play an important role in our international expansion strategy as we seek to become Asia's number one airline."
Boeing's 787 assembly plant in North Charleston is scheduled to deliver the first South Carolina-made Dreamliner in early 2012. That plane is being built for an undisclosed customer that's rumored to be Air India.
Inn between
A new Hampton Inn & Suites soon could rise just across the river in West Ashley.
Riverview Ventures LLC, a Lockwood Drive firm to affiliated with Bennett Hospitality, has filed plans to build a seven-story, 100-room hotel at 317 Savannah Highway, between the round Holiday Inn overlooking the Ashley River and the Waffle House. The 56,525-square-foot building will have six floors, including a pool, above a ground-floor parking deck.
The proposed hotel project goes before the city of Charleston's Design Review Board at 5 p.m. Thursday in the third-floor meeting room at 75 Calhoun St.
No, the other Carolina
NBC's "Today Show" on Friday boasted about Husk restaurant being named "Best New Restaurant in America" by Bon Appetit magazine. But some geographically challenged fellow standing with the morning show's hosts talking about the ranking slipped up.
He placed Charleston in North Carolina, even though the segment zoomed in on a national map showing Charleston in South Carolina. The magazine's nod was the second major national recognition for Husk chef Sean Brock, who was named Best Chef Southeast in the 2010 James Beard awards.
Discount deal
Have local shopping center values hit the bottom yet? A recent transaction at a North Charleston commercial hub suggests they have not.
Real Capital Analytics recently reported that The Shoppes at Centre Pointe at 4958 Center Pointe Drive, near the Tanger Outlet Center off International Boulevard, has changed hands for $2.6 million, or $260 a square foot.
The good news: The 10,000-square-foot property is fully leased with tenants including Verizon Wireless and Sprint.
The bad: The sale number had to be trimmed by 16 percent before a buyer bit. Marketing materials posted on the commercial real estate website Loopnet showed that the original asking price in May 2010 was $3.1 million. That was cut to $2.8 million last November, then another $200,000, Real Capital Analytics reported.
The seller is affiliated with the primary developer of the Centre Pointe retail project. The buyer was Mount Pleasant Partners LLC.
Neck check
The Neck Area is ready to be examined.
Anyone who enjoys planning meetings and design chatter should mark their calendars for the week of Sept. 26. That's when a group called the Partnership for Prosperity will hold a series of get-togethers aimed at mapping out the future of this long, narrow swath in Charleston and North Charleston.
Sponsored by the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, the Plan for Prosperity Charette aims to create a vision for the area that will include "strategies to spur economic vitality, promote environmental stewardship, and enhance quality of life for people and businesses within the historic neighborhoods, new communities, and emerging job centers" between Charleston International Airport and the Crosstown Expressway on the peninsula.
Suggestions at previous workshops have ranged from creating bike paths to eliminating crime.
The area under study is enormous, extending from the foot of the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston to the Mark Clark Expressway in North Charleston. It includes the former Navy base.
Residents, property owners, business operators and people who work in the area are invited to participate in the public sessions Sept. 26-30 on the former Navy base in Sterett Hall at 1530 7th St. and Hobson Avenue in North Charleston.
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