One of the biggest warehouses in Cumberland County has changed hands. An arm of California-based investment firm PCCP LLC paid $141.6 million for a 1.2 million-square-foot building
Mechanicsburg-based home improvement contractor West Shore Home is moving into New England with the opening of its first branch in the region. The office in the Boston suburb of Franklin, Massachusetts, will cover an area encompassing most of Massachusetts as well as parts of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Founded in 2006, West Shore […]
Over the last several years, Utah-based waste collector recyclops has been sending plastic to a small plant in York city that converts the waste into a building material. In September, recyclops launched its own operation in the region. “We just needed more space to move our elbows,” said recyclops founder and CEO Ryan Smith. Where is this […]
Catherine Bonser has been named executive director of Cultivate Lancaster. The position had been vacant, according to a spokesperson for the nonprofit. A former Kodak and Dentsply Sirona executive, Bonser has spent the last seven years as a volunteer for the Lancaster-Lebanon chapter of SCORE, a nonprofit that provides experienced mentors to small businesses. Under her leadership, Cultivate Lancaster is […]
A lawsuit over Lancaster County farmland that was rezoned for industrial use is heading back down the legal ladder. In a ruling this week, Commonwealth Court struck down a county court decision upholding the rezoning, which was requested by a warehouse operator in West Hempfield Township. The ruling sends the matter back to the county […]
Michael Barber has been named CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health after working as interim leader since June. He succeeds John Herman, who left to become CEO of Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Barber came to LG Health in 2023 as COO following a 27-year career at Penn Medicine’s Chester County hospital, where he oversaw projects such as […]
Lancaster-based cookie startup Taylor Chip said this week that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after an unsuccessful bid to generate retail sales in Philadelphia. Due to the slow pace of permitting in the city, it took nearly 18 months longer than expected to open the stores, and they did not earn enough […]
SWF Industrial, a metal fabricator based in Wrightsville, is adding a third production location, a 39,200-square foot industrial space at 100 Redco Ave. in Red Lion. The company, which employs about 175 people, already operates two production facilities totaling a combined 106,000 square feet in eastern York County. SWF has been getting close to its […]
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is pausing bond payments as it looks to restructure debt tied to a real estate investment that has yet to pan out. That would be the $100 million in bonds the university floated to pay for an 11-story health sciences building at 222 Chestnut St. The university said yesterday that […]
York-based convenience store chain Rutter’s has hired two category managers. Michael Jackson is overseeing multiple areas, including packaged beverages and grocery. He worked most recenty at High’s of Baltimore, a 52-store convenience chain, where he was a senior category manager responsible for packaged beverages and all center store categories. Before that, he spent 11 years […]