Good Times, Bad Times

Hard Rock Park, a $400 million rock-and-roll theme park that offers a Central Florida-style attraction to South Carolina, has opened in Myrtle Beach. Full Story >>

Going Green, Step by Step

In 1995, David Oakey hired a personal friend named Elva Rubio to design a main building and studio for a carpet and textile manufacturer’s LaGrange, Ga., operation. Oakey, a British expatriate, was chief product designer for Interface Inc. Rubio, a young unknown architect with big ideas and a thin portfolio. Full Story >>

Reducing the Footprint

For more than 10 years, Atlanta-based modular carpet manufacturer Interface has attempted to lessen the impact that manufacturing its flooring product has on the environment, largely by recycling more carpet and utilizing a decreased amount of virgin petroleum-based materials in its manufacturing process. Full Story >>

Raleigh Convention Center

The $222 million Raleigh Convention Center opened in September and has booked several groups to fill its exhibit and ballroom space. Full Story >>

Grounded?

With the airline industry in turmoil as a result of rising fuel costs and a souring economy, some airports are holding off on new capital projects but proceeding with existing work. Full Story >>

Connecting Flight

With the 581,875-sq-ft first phase of Terminal 2 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport complete, crews are ready to embark on the second half of the $570 million project, which should be completed in early 2011. Full Story >>

Southeast’s Top Suppliers

The following is a list of the supplier and distributors that responded to the magazine’s survey of these firms in the four-state region. Firms are ranked by their regional revenue total for 2007. The product types that the firms specialize in is listed in the last column. Full Story >>