MINNEAPOLIS-The chain will open company-owned units in Gaithersburg, MD and Richmond, VA, this spring. This follows a recent opening in Omaha, NE, the first of as many as 15 new franchise restaurants expected to open this year.

DAVENPORT, IA-The insurer has moved 300 employees to the 80,000-sf office building in the Crow Valley Business Park, one of Sentry's six major offices in the US. Construction is complete in less than 11 months by Ryan Midwest's Design-Build Associates.

KANSAS CITY, MO-Six megaplex theater properties with 138 screens in suburban Washington D.C, Michigan, South Carolina, Florida and Kansas would become property of the only REIT focused on entertainment properties.

ST. PAUL, MN-Construction will begin this summer on two blocks at University Avenue and Highway 280, with completion expected in four years. The project is near the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis.

ST. PAUL, MN-James W. Hentges, vice president of Cobb Strecker Dunphy & Zimmerman Inc., is new president while Patrick Simpkins of Witcher Construction Co. and Ronald J. Rasley of Curtin & Rasley, P.A. are named vice presidents.

MINNEAPOLIS-The 349,000-sf project on the University of Minnesota's Memorial Union is expected to be done by the end of this year. Ryan Cos. took over when 85% of the demolition had been completed.

ST. PAUL, MN-Leroy Raasch's duties for the large construction firm will include estimating and project management. He has been with the company 21 years.

MINNEAPOLIS-The 161,000-sf project in the Warehouse District will add 86 new units to the 257-unit complex already there. Units will be one and two stories in size.