Catholic Houston university has a new head honcho He moved to the Bayou City from Indiana. BACK PAGE, 39 JUNE 30-JULY 6, 2017 • VOL. 48, NO. 8 • $6.00 LARGEST FOR-PROFIT, PRIVATE EMPLOYERS 19 COVER STORY RAISING American City Business Journals - Not for commercial use THE BAR Houston apartment amenities have reached new heights of luxury. Here’s how they’ll revolutionize the industry. 16 One Herman Place includes a rooftop skylounge among its amenities. COURTESY DEAL OF THE WEEK TRANSPORTATION COMING SOON Linn Energy forms JV Trucking co. to with Oklahoma co. ramp up hiring The joint venture is targeting an initial The hires are related to a federal law public offering later this year. going into effect in December. 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JUNE 30-JULY 6, 2017 HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL 3 THE LOOP R PEOPLE ON THE MOVE EVENTS & NOMINATIONS TWO WEEKS Best Places To Work LEFT TO NOMINATION DEADLINE: 07/14/2017 NOMINATE! 2017 EVENT DATE: 10/12/2017 WHERE: Marriott Marquis Hotel Human Resources POWER EVENT DATE: 07/27/2017 BREAKFAST SERIES WHERE: Junior League of Houston SHERYL KOLASINSKI RAULI GARCIA Fort Bend Means Business COO of the Houston Zoo Inc. Chief administrative officer of the Houston POWER EVENT DATE: 08/11/2017 AmericanZoo Inc. City Business Journals - Not for commercial use The skinny: Kolasinski, who most recently BREAKFAST WHERE: Sugar Land Marriott Town Square served as the COO of the Menil Collection, The skinny: Garcia joins the zoo as chief SERIES was appointed COO of the Houston administrative officer from the Curtis Zoo. She oversaw several major projects Institute of Music in Philadelphia where after she took the role of COO at Menil, he served as CFO and senior vice The Future of Healthcare including the new parking lot on West president of administration. He’s the POWER EVENT DATE: 08/24/2017 Alabama and the construction of the Menil former CFO of the Houston Symphony and BREAKFAST Drawing Institute. Her position is effective the Houston Grand Opera. His position SERIES WHERE: Junior League of Houston mid-July and she replaces Chris Lyons. is effective July 5. The position is newly created for the Houston Zoo. C-Suite Awards Dinner EVENT DATE: 08/31/2017 R BY THE NUMBERS WHERE: Hotel ZaZa 2017 12 200 FAST Fast 100 Awards Luncheon Number of new car rental Number of jobs expected 100 EVENT DATE: 09/15/2017 locations St. Louis-based to be created from the new WHERE: Hilton Americas Enterprise Holdings Inc. plans to locations. open in the Houston area in 2017. SOURCE: ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS BizExpo 2017 R OVERHEARD EVENT DATE: 09/15/2017 WHERE: Hilton Americas “Thank you for your patronage throughout the years. Luke’s has CFO Panel POWER EVENT DATE: 09/21/2017 been sold. There will be some great BREAKFAST SERIES WHERE: Hotel Derek new things coming in the future. Stay tuned for details.” Corporate Philanthropy Awards LUKE’S ICEHOUSE, at 903 Durham Drive just south of Washington Avenue, post on its NOMINATION DEADLINE: 08/14/2017 Facebook page on June 26. Owner Keith Lawyer told the Houston Business Journal he plans to release a longer statement in the coming days. He added that the buyer is from Dallas Corporate EVENT DATE: 09/28/2017 and operates several chains, including some in Houston, but declined to elaborate further. WHERE: Hotel ZaZa Two other Luke’s locations — in Beaumont and Nederland — are still open. Corporate PhilanthropDiversityy in Business Awards R DONE DEAL NOMINATION DEADLINE: 08/25/2017 EVENT DATE: 11/09/2017 LOWE’S COMPLETES $512M PURCHASE OF HOUSTON CO. WHERE: Hilton Americas Hotel About a month and a half after announcing its intent to snap up a Houston-based company servicing the multifamily housing industry, Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has The Woodlands Means Business closed on the $512 million deal. POWER EVENT DATE: 10/06/2017 Maintenance Supply Headquarters now BREAKFAST WHERE: The Westin at the Woodlands falls under the umbrella of North Carolina- SERIES based Lowe’s — the nation’s second-largest home improvement retail chain behind rival The Home Depot Inc.