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RKL LLP
Stephanie Kessler has been named leader of the senior living services consulting group at RKL LLP, a Lancaster-based advisory firm, effective May 1. She succeeds

Barley Snyder
Reilly Noetzel has been named chair of the real estate practice group at Lancaster-based law firm Barley Snyder. He had been vice chair of the

McNees Wallace & Nurick
Tyler Moser has joined the corporate and tax group of McNees Wallace & Nurick in the law firm’s Frederick, Maryland, office. Moser will advise businesses

Penn State Health
Dara Royer has been named chief marketing and communications officer of Penn State Health effective June 29. She succeeds Sean Young, who retired in fall

Flex, retail, office leases inked
Bel Fuse Inc. leased 8,426 square feet of flex space at 1410-1422 Sixth Ave. in York from 6th Avenue LP. David L. Bode of ROCK

F&M Trust
Chad Carroll has been named president of F&M Trust in addition to his current job as COO. The president role had been held by CEO

RKL Private Wealth
Laurie Peer plans to retire at the end of this year from her role as president of RKL Private Wealth, the wealth management division of

Flex, office/retail spaces sold in Harrisburg
Dillsburg Roofing Siding and Windows LLC paid $850,000 for approximately 9,055 square feet of flex space spanning several buildings at 8011 Paxton St. in Harrisburg,

Site Design Concepts Inc.
Thomas Englerth II has been named president of Site Design Concepts Inc., a York-based civil engineering and land surveying firm with an office in Lancaster.

Mid Penn Bank
Daniel Devine has joined Mid Penn Bank as senior vice president and senior cash management operations and product manager. Devine will lead operations for the

Renovations to give new life to former Bethlehem Steel warehouse
Funk Construction kicked off construction yesterday at the site of a former Bethlehem Steel factory complex in Lebanon. The Lebanon-based contractor is partnering with developer

Keystone
Mike Walsh has been named CEO of Keystone, an insurance brokerage platform based in Mechanicsburg. The promotion formalizes a succession plan the company announced in

Flex, retail, office leases inked
Mad Bridge Plumbing LLC, operating as 1 Tom Plumber, leased flex space at 3319 Derry St. in Harrisburg. The lease marks the company’s fifth location

McNees Wallace & Nurick
Peter Kramer has joined McNees Wallace & Nurick‘s real estate group in the law firm’s Harrisburg office. Kramer represents residential, industrial and commercial property owners,

The Hershey Co.
Effective May 1, Andrew Archambault is leaving his role as U.S. president for The Hershey Co. to pursue an undisclosed opportunity, according to a company

York Jewish Community Center
Gene Draganosky, the former CEO of York-based Traditions Bank, has been named interim CEO of the York Jewish Community Center. His appointment follows the departure

Giant planning second store in Ephrata area
The Giant Co. is building a new store at 1717 W. Main St. in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. The site was formerly home to Martin’s

Former pharmacy sold following retail conversion
A Mechanicsburg-area partnership has acquired a former CVSpharmacy that was converted into a four-unit strip center. The partnership, Arzoyi Real Estate LLC, paid $4.7 million

McNees Wallace & Nurick
Craig Hoogstraten has joined the construction law group of McNees Wallace & Nurick. Based in the law firm’s Radnor office, Hoogstraten focuses on highway and

F&M Trust
Kevin Leibold has been named a wealth adviser at F&M Trust, a Chambersburg-based community bank and subsidiary of Franklin Financial Services Corp. He is based

Barley Snyder
Kacey Jennings Fonner has joined the business practice group of Barley Snyder in the Lancaster-based law firm’s Harrisburg office. Fonner worked most recently at an

Messiah University
After nearly a year as interim president of Messiah University, Jon Stuckey has been named permanently to the leadership post, effective May 1. Stuckey was

Iron Hill restaurants slated to reopen under new management
Former Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant locations in Hershey and Lancaster are among five former Iron Hill restaurants slated to reopen by summertime under a

Seattle investor scoops up Harrisburg-area medical office
A medical office in suburban Harrisburg has changed hands. An affiliate of Seattle-based real estate investment firm Elliott Bay Capital Trust paid $8.5 million for

Lancaster County Association of Realtors
Tom Blefko has been named executive director of the Lancaster County Association of Realtors, effective April 7. He succeeds Michael Berk, who left in November

Investment, industrial, commercial properties sold
Jonestown Realty Partners II LLC paid $1 million for a roughly 4,000-square-foot building at 49 Prince St. in Harrisburg, according to county deed records. Jessica

Highmark Wholecare
Victor Fields has been named president and CEO of Highmark Wholecare, a division of Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark. Effective June 1, Fields will succeed Ellen Duffield,

Former York newspaper building undergoing conversion
York-based developer Peel & Co. is transforming a former newspaper building at 9 E. Philadelphia St. in downtown York into a nearly 30,000-square-foot mixed use

Vacant office changes hands
A former Nationwide office in suburban Harrisburg sold for nearly $7.5 million, according to Jason Grace, CEO and managing principal of Landmark Commercial Realty in

Lancaster Rec Foundation Fund
Justin Bollman has been named president of the board of directors of the Lancaster Rec Foundation Fund, the nonprofit that supports the Lancaster Recreation Commission,

RKL LLP
Stephanie Kessler has been named leader of the senior living services consulting group at RKL LLP, a Lancaster-based advisory firm, effective May 1. She succeeds

Barley Snyder
Reilly Noetzel has been named chair of the real estate practice group at Lancaster-based law firm Barley Snyder. He had been vice chair of the

Harrisburg nonprofit trims staff as it navigates financial headwinds
The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg laid off or furloughed about 65 employees at the end of last week as it wrestles with a budget deficit that followed its move to a larger campus. In a letter to its members, the nonprofit cited a combination of factors that undermined its vision for the Alexander Grass Campus […]

Layoffs triggered by end of vitamin production at York-area plant
More than a decade after expanding production of gummy vitamins at its factory in York County, a New Jersey-based consumer products company is shutting it down. As a result, Church & Dwight Co. Inc. expects to lay off up to 195 people at the plant, which is in West Manchester Township just north of Route 30. Why […]

McNees Wallace & Nurick
Tyler Moser has joined the corporate and tax group of McNees Wallace & Nurick in the law firm’s Frederick, Maryland, office. Moser will advise businesses

The next venture cycle will look more like Pennsylvania
Column by Martin Fedorko For more than a decade, venture capital largely centered on software. Capital flowed toward businesses with low overhead, near-zero marginal cost