Jade from Google just announced some changes to the way the new Place page creation process flows.
It sounds like one of the changes is that creating a brand new Place page will automatically and instantly upgrade it to a Google+ business page with social features. Please read her description of the various scenarios below.
See it on Scoop.it, via Google+ Local & Local SEO News
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