SAN FRANCISCO — DoorDash, a technology-based food delivery company, debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Dec. 9 offering its initial public offering at $102 per share, which was above its previous range of $90 to $95. The company closed its first day of trading with an 86 percent increase in pricing to $189.51, for a total valuation of $60.2 billion, or 17 times revenue. The San Francisco-based door-to-door delivery service focuses primarily on restaurant deliveries, which resulted in a 268 percent revenue growth in the third quarter, up to $879 million, from the previous year. Additionally, during the first nine months of 2020, DoorDash’s order volume soared to $16.5 billion, from $5.5 billion last year. According to the company’s prospectus, it has 390,000 merchants on its platform, ranging from fast-food chains like Chick-fil-A, Chipotle and McDonald’s to upscale restaurants that have been forced to rely on delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has rapidly expanded its business and services to meet the needs of customers during the pandemic and has implemented practices and strategies that reduced its losses, resulting in profits on every order.
BOSTON — Wayfair Inc. (NYSE: W), a Boston-based e-commerce firm specializing in home furniture, reported an increase of 66.5 percent in total net revenue during its third-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The company’s impressive year-over-year revenue growth from $1.5 billion to $3.8 billion caused its stock price to shoot up about 13 percent in early-hours trading before closing at $274.11 per share on Tuesday, up from $87.43 per share a year ago. Wayfair reported similar levels of revenue growth in both its domestic and international markets, noting that the size of its customer base had also grown by about 50 percent year-over-year. Wayfair now lists the number of active customers in its direct retail business as 28.8 million. Lastly, the company said that it completed about 15.8 million deliveries during the third quarter, a 72.8 percent increase from that period in 2019.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marriott International Inc. will open a 200-room Hotel Drover, one of its Autograph Collection brands, at the historic Fort Worth Stockyards in early 2021. Rooms will feature oversized tubs and wet bars, and guests can enjoy two acres of outdoor space that house a pool, water features, fire pits and a music stage. The hotel will also offer 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) reported total revenue of $634 billion in the second quarter, a year-over-year increase of 35.2 percent. The company’s net income also rose by 48 percent to roughly $5 billion during the period, suggesting that revenues are rising while costs are remaining relatively flat. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based pharmacy and convenience store chain, which acquired insurance giant AETNA in late 2018, saw its stock price open at $65.53 per share on Wednesday, Aug. 5, giving it a year-to-date increase of nearly 20 percent. CVS announced plans to close 22 underperforming stores during the first quarter, but has kept all its U.S. locations open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as an essential retailer. As of 2019, CVS operated just shy of 10,000 stores across the United States.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — KRS Realty Advisors has completed a redevelopment project at the historic Fort Worth Stockyards that adds 12,000 square feet of office and retail space to the local supply. Austin-based apparel company Tecovas has signed a retail lease for 3,474 square feet at the property. KRS purchased the property in February and began renovating shortly thereafter. Stream Realty Partners is handling leasing.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Yards, a $41 million luxury apartment development, is scheduled to open in Kansas City’s Stockyards District this month. Located at 1660 Genessee St. in downtown Kansas City, the project features 232 apartment units and 3,150 square feet of retail space. The amenities, spread over approximately 9,500 square feet, includes a saltwater pool, outdoor area, community kitchen, activity lounge, fitness center and dog park. Residents can also use kayaks to access the Kansas River. Plans also call for a partnership with Amigoni Winery to create the first vineyard within an apartment community in Kansas City. Prospective residents can now schedule virtual tours and take advantage of two months of free rent and reduced fees. Monthly rental rates range from $825 to $1,650. Flaherty & Collins is the developer and KEM Studio is the architect.
HOUSTON — Weatherford International, a Houston-based oilfield services firm, will cut its global workforce by 25 percent as part of a larger move to reduce capital expenditures by 50 percent in 2020 relative to 2019, the company announced on Wednesday. The company also plans to reduce its geographic footprint and reduce the headcount of its operations in North America by 38 percent. As of 2016, Weatherford, which also plans to delist itself from the New York Stock Exchange, had about 30,000 employees worldwide. Despite recent agreements by major-producing nations to undertake supply cuts, the impact of COVID-19 has drastically reduced energy demand. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude opened at $20.39 per barrel on Thursday, down from about $64 per barrel a year ago, an approximately 68 percent decrease.
SAN DIEGO — Stockdale Capital Partners has closed on a $330 million loan with a group of funds managed by Alliance Bernstein to continue the redevelopment efforts at Horton Plaza in San Diego. Exterior construction is scheduled to begin soon with 600 to 800 construction workers expected on-site to build the mixed-use creative office and retail redevelopment. Stockdale Capital originally announced its redevelopment plans for Horton Plaza Mall in January. The Campus at Horton will include 700,000 square feet of creative office space and 300,000 square feet of retail space. The development is targeting LEED Platinum, WELL Platinum and WiredSource certifications, with sustainability efforts at the forefront of design and construction. Completion is slated for the end of 2021. Developers estimate the project will bring 3,000 to 4,000 jobs to the community.
DALLAS — Stockdale Investment Group, a locally based firm, has acquired Preston Forest Shopping Center, a 200,000-square-foot retail property located at the corner of Preston Road and Forest Lane in north Dallas. Anchored by Whole Foods Market, the property houses other tenants such as Staples, Walgreens, JOANN Fabric & Crafts, Corner Bakery, Velvet Taco and Wells Fargo. Preston Forest Shopping Center was built on 13 acres in 1961 and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller was Mixon Investment Co. Inc.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Chevy Chase, Md.-based FCP and Atlanta-based developer Westbridge Partners has sold Stockyards Atlanta, a mixed-use project in Atlanta’s West Midtown district, to New York-based Clarion Partners for $69.7 million. Situated on three acres at the corner of 10th Street and Brady Avenue, Stockyards is an adaptive reuse of three historic warehouses into office and entertainment space. The space was initially built in the early 1900s as a stockyard and meatpacking plant. Designed by architectural firm ai3 and built by Gay Construction Co. in 2017, the 142,478-square-foot development houses tenants including Red Bull and Fitzgerald & Co., as well as the Italian restaurant Donetto and game parlor/restaurant Painted Duck. Stockyards Atlanta was fully leased within a year of delivery. Stewart Calhoun, David Meline, Mike McDonald, Samir Idris and Michael Moore of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale on behalf of the joint venture.