Topside expands to Westport
Stamford-based Topside Detailing, a mobile detailing company, has opened a unit at Imported and Performance Motors on Riverside Avenue in Westport.
The mobile car-cleaning service, which set up locations most recently in the garages of multiple Stamford commercial office buildings, provides interior and exterior washes as well as full-service wax and detail jobs.
Topside owners Parth Thaker and Jonathan Piazza-Harper said they expect the location near the train station to allow for a great deal of commuter traffic business.
Topside has expanded to 16 staff members, five full-service mobile detailing units and three express detailing shops for autos, cycles, RVs and boats.
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Women”™s business group seeks volunteers
The Stamford-based Women”™s Business Development Council has begun it 2011 volunteer-outreach effort.
The group, which focuses on entrepreneurial training for women in Connecticut, is seeking talented business women to volunteer for programs to help small businesses grow and prosper. The council is also interested in recruiting lecturers, teachers, consultants and entrepreneurial coaches from the county to assist with its programs.
The Women”™s Business Development Council is at 184 Bedford St. in Stamford. Visit ctwbdc.org for information.
Starwood places chips in Denver
Greenwich-based private investment firm Starwood Capital Group has entered into a joint venture with East West Partners of Colorado to focus on the revitalization of downtown Denver.
The initial focus will be on the city”™s emerging downtown where the partnership has invested in several sites for multifamily, office and hospitality uses.
Starwood has said it ultimately hopes to expand into other select urban markets in the city.
While Starwood will be the financial investor in the partnership, East West Partners has contributed assets it owns in Denver, including a number of undeveloped sites in the Union Station neighborhood. Union Station has been touted by the city as its “new transit hub” following some $500 million in public investment in light rail, heavy rail and bus infrastructure.
Cosmetics shop closes in Greenwich
A year after opening on Greenwich Avenue, Madison Avenue-based Kimara Ahnert has closed its cosmetics shop in Connecticut.
The shop”™s former storefront at 88 Greenwich Ave. sits high on the retail thoroughfare in an area that doesn”™t get as much foot traffic as the lower portions of the street. The beauty supplier also faced competition from neighboring Sephora and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Founder Kimara Ahnert said the shop would consolidate its operation to its Madison Avenue location where it counts Madonna and Catherine Zeta Jones among its regular clientele.
