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Author: Joel Berg

Real Estate

Data center boom redefining industrial real estate

A few years ago, the phrase “industrial real estate” likely conjured an image of massive warehouses spreading across the open fields of Central Pennsylvania. Now, the phrase might just as easily bring up images of data centers — buildings packed with computer servers composing your emails and delivering answers to your ChatGPT queries.The announcement of more than $90 […]

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Apartments eyed at former Harrisburg law office

Pending city approval, Harrisburg-based developer WCI Partners is aiming to carve a former law office in the capital city into 11 one-bedroom apartments, according to WCI president Dave Butcher. The offices at the roughly 7,400 square-foot property at 508-510 N. Second St. were formerly home to law firm Wix Wenger & Weidner, which moved its Harrisburg office to 2805 Old […]

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Technology

Developer details data center plans

One of the companies behind a $6 billion data center project in Lancaster is filling in some of the blanks surrounding the project.Early reports indicated data centers would be constructed at two former printing plants, at 216 Greenfield Road and 1375 Harrisburg Pike. The developers are Virginia-based Chirisa Technology Parks and New York-based Machine Investment Group, which […]

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Construction

West Shore engineering firm acquired

Aiming for a bigger slice of business in Pennsylvania, an Ohio-based engineering firm has acquired Dawood Engineering, a firm based on the West Shore.The deal brings together two companies with complementary services and creates opportunities to build on them, according to Neil Churman, president and CEO of the Ohio-based buyer, Woolpert. Woolpert, for example, has a team that […]

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Investment Real Estate Group of Companies

Marq Agboyani has been named revenue manager at the Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, the York-based operator of Moove In Self Storage properties.The role entails streamlining back-office operations and providing management with the analytical support needed to make key business decisions. Other responsibilities include conducting market research, analyzing customer segments and implementing strategies as […]

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Utz Brands

Trevor Martin has been named senior vice president of investor relations for Utz Brands, the Hanover-based snack food company. Martin, who has nearly 20 years of investment management and consumer research experience, worked most recently for Victory Capital/RS Investment Management, a diversified global asset management firm. He has also worked as a research analyst at […]

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Ephrata National Bank

Jeffrey Stauffer is retiring from his role as president and CEO of Ephrata National Bank and its holding company, ENB Financial. Stauffer, who has led the bank since 2020, plans to step down effective Dec. 31, 2026. He will be succeeded by Rachel Bitner, the bank’s CFO.Bitner, 47, joined the Lancaster County bank in 2009 as a controller […]

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Technology

Where’s the data? Firms mum on York County data center plans

It’s been a week since New Jersey-based investment firm Energy Capital Partners announced it was planning a $5 billion data center in southern York County.But the precise location remains unknown, even to the manager of Peach Bottom Township, where the data center is widely expected to be built.“Your guess is as good as mine,” township manager Catherine […]

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Construction

New owners, new outlook for Lancaster contractor

Aimee Deraco hesitated when she was first approached about becoming chief executive of Brubaker Inc., a family-owned contractor in Lancaster County that was mulling a transition to employee ownership.She wasn’t sure, at first, what role would be played by the company’s then-owners, brothers Dave, Don and Gerry Brubaker. They had taken over the company from […]

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