A pair of former bank buildings on Carlisle Street in downtown Hanover were sold in separate transactions expected to bring new life to both. According to county deed records, the Hanover Area Historical Society paid $550,000 for the building at 25 Carlisle St. The classical early 20th-century building was a branch for the former Bank of Hanover, which […]
Zak Tyminski has been named chief commercial lending officer of Members 1st Federal Credit Union. The former LinkBank executive succeeds Joe Beck, who is moving into a newly created role as chief relationship officer for Members 1st. Tyminski worked most recently as a regional president covering Central Pennsylvania for LinkBank, which was acquired this year by Virginia-based Burke & […]
Arc One Lititz Partners LP, the partnership that owns Hotel Rock Lititz, paid $3.2 million for a former grocery property where it’s eyeing a potential expansion of the 139-room hotel. The roughly 4.2-acre tract at 680 Furnace Hills Pike in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, was owned by Weiser’s Real Estate Company LLC, affiliated with the former Weiser’s Market […]
A lawsuit brought against UPMC by a cardiologist who alleged he was fired after reporting alleged conflicts of interest involving the health system’s president and CEO has been dismissed. The dismissal follows a resolution of the matter, though the details are unclear. A UPMC spokesperson said no money or other compensation was paid to the cardiologist, Dr. […]
Ansley “Lee” Westbrook has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder in the law firm’s Pittsburgh office. Westbrook’s practice spans professional liability, professional responsibility and licensure, and corporate counsel work for businesses and individuals involved in trust, estate and shareholder disputes. He has built an established practice representing licensed professionals — including attorneys, physicians, dentists, […]
Nearly a decade after co-founding one of Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana businesses, Mark Toigo has handed the keys to employees. Toigo and Jaime Toigo, his wife and co-owner, have sold 100% of Organic Remedies to its 450-plus workers through an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP. The company had been courted by growing multistate cannabis operators, but […]
Jennifer Carter has joined Barley Snyder as an associate in the law firm’s York office. Carter is a member of the firm’s litigation practice group and also works with its employment and land use teams. She represents businesses, property owners and other clients in civil litigation matters including personal injury, premises liability, insurance defense, construction […]
The Tandem Center for Shared Business Success, a Lancaster-based nonprofit that advocates for employee ownership of businesses, has published a book designed to help business owners evaluate the nonprofit’s approach to employee ownership. The book, “Direct Employee Ownership: Building a Culture and Legacy of Shared Success,” includes sections on the Tandem model, legal and regulatory considerations […]
Machines will soon be dispensing coffee instead of cash at a former Fulton Bank branch in eastern York County. A Dunkin’ franchisee paid $975,000 for the shuttered Fulton branch at 599 W. Market St. in Hellam Township, York County, according to county deed records. The franchisee, GN Realty Hallam LLC, plans to convert the branch into a Dunkin’ donut shop […]
An industrial building in South Lebanon Township Lebanon County, sold for $3.55 million in an investment deal involving two Lancaster-area partnerships, according to county deed records. Prime Capital Holdings LLC, headed by Serge Bliznyuk, was the buyer, according to county property records. The seller was GMZ LLC, headed by Leon S. Zimmerman. Brian Higgins, Ari Nordlinger and […]
As leadership coach Chad Harvey came to grips with the potential for AI to change everything, he started learning as much as he could about the technology. Then he started using it to build tools. “Not just your standard chatbot-type things but really investing in the technology in ways that meaningfully enhanced the work that […]
Jason Kirsch, principal of Harrisburg-area marketing and PR firm PRworks., has been tapped as the exclusive regional member for PR Consultants Group, a national network of PR professionals who work across local markets on behalf of their clients’ regional and national initiatives. The group covers about 50 markets in the U.S. “Clients don’t have to choose between […]
Kenneth R. Frederick Jr. has been named a managing directo at Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors, an M&A consulting firm in Lewisburg. Based in Pittsburgh, Frederick is expected to enhance Murphy McCormack’s business in western Pennsylvania. Frederick worked most recently as vice president of finance for Imagine Pharma, a Pittsburgh-based biotech company. Before that, he worked for […]
Officials in Silver Spring Township were justified in denying plans to expand a warehouse on a former IBM campus between Carlisle and Mechanicsburg, a state appeals court ruled this week. The owner of the roughly 478,000-square-foot warehouse at 180 Kost Road, just off Carlisle Pike, wanted to tack on another 210,000 square feet. But the request was […]
Full Force All Stars LLC leased 11,700 square feet of industrial space at 2850 Lewisberry Road in York Haven. The competitive cheerleading organization will use the space as a training facility. Nik Sgagias and Amber Corbo of NAI CIR facilitated the transaction. 13 Baseball Academy Inc. leased 18,337 square feet of retail space at 192 […]
A company backed by AI mogul Sam Altman is gaining a footprint in York County. Nuclear technology developer Oklo Inc., where Altman was previously board chair, has acquired Creative Engineers Inc., a chemical engineering business based in Shrewsbury Township, York County. Founded in 1996, Creative Engineers has been a supplier to Oklo, a company working to commercialize and […]
An Ohio-based energy company is reviving plans for a high-voltage power line in Franklin County following a years-long legal battle over an earlier version of the project. Designed to ease congestion in the regional electric grid, the project calls for a 29-mile power line running from a proposed substation near Shippensburg to an existing substation […]
A York-area scrapyard at the center of an environmental dispute is under new ownership. An affiliate of York-based developer Inch & Co. has acquired the property of J&K Salvage, a metal recycling operation shut down by a state order in March following a fire. The affiliate, Codorus Creek Renewal LLC, paid $2.7 million for J&K parcels at 1099 and […]