Pennsylvania is one of three states where a prominent data-center startup is looking to site facilities, according to a LinkedIn post earlier this week from Sarah Friar,
In a unanimous decision, the Manchester Township zoning hearing board rejected a request that they alter zoning rules for a proposed housing development along Pennsylvania Avenue south of Route 30. The board members said that -based developer Inch & Co. had not adequately justified its need for zoning relief.Inch proposed building 109 single-family homes on smaller […]
Andrew Rich has been named the next president of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster. The Delaware native and former professor succeeds Barbara Altmann, who is scheduled to retire in July.For the last six years, Rich has been dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, which houses the social sciences school, […]
A former tobacco warehouse-turned-high-end apartment building in York City has sold for $3.7 million.The price for the 18-unit building, known as Courthouse Commons, works out to be about $205,000 per unit, which a real estate firm involved in the deal described as a record-setting price in York.The previous average sale price was just over $169,000 […]
A Chester County-based partnership called Mac NH LLC paid $12.6 million for a roughly 171,000 square-foot warehouse at 121 N. Shirk Road in Earl Township, Lancaster County, according to county deed records. The seller was an affiliate of First Eastern Development Co., which invests in commercial and industrial real estate in southeastern Pennsylvania, according to its website. The warehouse […]
The sale of United Fiber & Data, a York-based fiber optic company co-founded by former members of the rock band Live, has been finalized.The deal had been held up by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which had some questions about the transaction. But in a Jan. 10 letter, the agency signed off on the company’s sale to Lightpath, […]
During a court hearing yesterday, Lancaster-based Blackford ATM Ventures consented to a petition forcing it into Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.The next step is to appoint a bankruptcy trustee to oversee distribution of the company’s assets.The process is not likely to be straightforward, acknowledged an attorney for Silverview Credit Partners, the Florida-based lender that sought to force Blackford into bankruptcy.“It’s […]
In a budget address yesterday, Gov. Josh Shapiro rattled off a series of ideas for the fiscal year that starts July 1. GOP lawmakers focused on the bottom line — a proposed budget of $51.47 billion that they decried as irresponsible and unsustainable.The governor and state lawmakers — along with plenty of lobbyists — will […]
Dr. Kent Copeland has joined Sadler Health Center as a medical provider at its Carlisle location at 100 N. Hanover St.Copeland brings more than 32 years of clinical experience to Sadler, with a background that spans diverse practice settings, including two decades of charitable medical work in Asia. He also worked at a federally qualified […]
Local farms and businesses — including a Harrisburg-area company involved in an urban greenhouse in York — landed thousands of dollars in state grants from a new program designed to spur innovation in agriculture. The grants were unveiled yesterday by state officials during a press conference at a Lancaster County farm.Why is this happening: Gov. Josh […]
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