Alba Fernandez has been named chief lending officer for Finanta, a nonprofit lender and financial services provider based in Lancaster. A Reading native, Fernandez was
More than three years after buying one of Harrisburg’s largest office buildings, New Jersey developer Yasser Helal says he aims to begin a residential conversion starting in early 2027. Helal secured zoning approvals for the $60 million project in early 2024 and has spent the time since then working to line up construction financing from […]
The York County Economic Alliance plans to relocate its headquarters to Knowledge Park, a collaborative work environment developed by York College in a former paper mill near the school’s campus. The park is at 427 Kings Mill Road, across the street from the J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship. Other tenants include WellSpan Health and manufacturing […]
A Wawa convenience store in Franklin County has been acquired by Pennsylvania-based entities BP Greencastle LLC and TLP Greencastle LLC. They paid $5.475 million for the store, which is on Route 16 off Interstate 81 in Antrim Township, according to county deed records. The seller was Antrim 16 Developers LLC, headed by Maurice Zekaria, president […]
In March, Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed legislation phasing in hikes to the state’s minimum wage. The bill has sat ever since in a committee in the GOP-led Senate. With Democrats poised to take a majority in the Senate and expand their edge in the House, is a minimum-wage hike inevitable following more than a […]
York-area developer Inch & Co. is planning to erect six apartment buildings in Chambersburg on the site of a strip mall that borough officials have long targeted for redevelopment. The 178-unit complex is slated to rise on a nearly 6.2-acre portion of the mall property, known as the Southgate Shopping Center. Inch also is taking […]
A group of mortgage industry veterans are aiming to start a bank based in Hanover. None of the bank’s organizers live in the southern York County borough, according to a public notice announcing their application for a new bank charter. And it is not clear whether the bank would serve the immediate community. The organizers […]
Weaber Inc. built a $100-million-a-year hardwood business on the back of a sawmill founded in 1941 in Lebanon County. But after filing for bankruptcy last year and undergoing a dramatic restructuring, Weaber is moving forward without the sawmill. The decision to close the mill over the last year was not made lightly, said Brian Knapp, […]
One of York’s most prominent law firms has crossed the Susquehanna River. CGA Law Firm opened an office in leased space on the first floor of 130 E. Chestnut St. in Lancaster city, its first in Lancaster County. The office is led by CGA attorney Derek Maninfior, a Lancaster County resident who joined the firm […]
Sophie Miller has joined the real estate practice group in the Harrisburg office of Barley Snyder law firm as an associate. Miller assists clients with commercial and residential real estate matters, including leasing, acquisitions and sales, easements, title review, land use and zoning, closings, and condominium and planned community development. Her experience also includes landlord-tenant […]