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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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PSECU

Eduardo Santos has been named vice president of enterprise growth strategy and insights at PSECU, a Harrisburg-based credit union. Santos will oversee strategy, marketing analytics, experience analytics, market intelligence and deposit strategy in a bid to better understand the preferences of PSECU members and align growth efforts with what drives value. Santos, who has more […]

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Baüen Unlimited

Baüen Unlimited, a Lancaster County company overseeing a stable of construction firms, has promoted three executives. Samuel Ebersol has been named CEO of Baüen, succeeding Ed Ferderbar. Ferderbar had led the company since 2021. Ebersol who has more than 30 years of experience in construction and manufacturing, was most recently general manager of Mid-Atlantic Timberframes, […]

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FirstEnergy

Karen Kinslow has been named vice president of Pennsylvania operations for FirstEnergy, which has more than 2 million customers in the state. It is a mew position for the Ohio-based utility. She will oversee electricity delivery to customers and lead strategies designed to improve the customer experience, and she will report to John Hawkins, president […]

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Demo approved, sites confirmed for Lancaster data centers

The dust is still settling on the flurry of announcements for massive data and energy projects proposed this week for Pennsylvania.  Actual dust could soon start flying on one of those projects — a $6 billion data center investment in Lancaster. The city has issued demolition permits for the first phase of the project, according […]

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Harrisburg offices slated to become apartments

Harristown Enterprises, Select Capital Commercial Properties and Garden Spot Communities are teaming up to convert a former office building in downtown Harrisburg into apartments for people over 55. The roughly $10 million project aims to bring 39 apartments to the eight-story building, the former Veterans’ Building at 112 Market St. Harristown, a nonprofit developer based in Harrisburg, has […]

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Slowdown prompts more layoffs for lumber company

Less than a month after deciding to close a lumber operation in northwestern Pennsylvania, Weaber Inc. is consolidating operations in Lebanon County and laying off 145 workers. The lumber company is vacating a distribution center at 25 Keystone Drive in South Annville Township and shifting work to its headquarters location at 1231 Mount Wilson Road, also […]

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Big tech showering billions on local data, energy projects

Major tech companies yesterday disclosed billions of dollars in new investment in Central Pennsylvania, though some key details remain to be filled in. Data center giant CoreWeave said it plans to sink $6 billion into developing a data center in Lancaster in partnership with a company that recently acquired two former printing plants in the city.  A […]

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Stevens & Lee

Kevin Acklin has joined Stevens & Lee as a shareholder as part of the Reading-based law firm’s expansion into Pittsburgh. Acklin, who worked previously as president of business operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, is the firm’s first attorney fully based in the Steel City, where parent company The Stevens & Lee Companies opened an office earlier this […]

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