Home Remodeling Pros of Central PA is leasing a building at 3805 Trindle Road in Camp Hill and relocating their showroom there. Jessica Gasper of Campbell Commercial Partners represented the tenant. Derr Flooring Co. leased 66,600 square feet of industrial space at 4180 Lincoln Hwy. E. in Hellam Township, York County from 4100 Lincoln Highway […]
Orrstown Bank has promoted two executives. Zachary Khuri has been named chief revenue officer, while Joshua Hocker has been named market president for Central Pennsylvania. Khuri, who joined the bank in 2019, was previously market president for Central Pennsylvania, where Orrstown boosted its market share after buying York-based PeoplesBank last year. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance […]
Weis Markets has won court approval to take over prescriptions for customers at 11 Rite Aid stores in Pennsylvania and New York, according to a spokesperson for the Sunbury-based grocery chain. The stores include Rite Aid locations in Dover and Hanover, as well as Altoona, Brodheadsville, Fogelsville, Honesdale, Montoursville, Mountain Top, Wellsboro and Williamsport, Weis spokesperson […]
Saxton & Stump has hired two attorneys for its newly opened office in Pittsburgh. Shareholder Phillip Earnest and senior counsel Rebecca Johnson Barksdale are joining the Lancaster-based law firm’s construction, commercial litigation and insurance groups. Earnest has nearly 30 years of experience representing clients in complex construction, commercial litigation and insurance matters. He has tried […]
Pittsburgh-based law firm Dickie McCamey & Chilcote has opened an office in Lancaster after plucking two attorneys from Barley Snyder. The office at 100 N. Queen St. is Dickie McCamey’s 20th overall and seventh in Pennsylvania. Staffing the Lancaster office are managing attorney and shareholder Luke Weber and associate Tasha Stoltzfus Nankerville. Weber chaired Lancaster-based Barley […]
As client needs evolved in an era of hybrid and remote work, leaders at Phillips Workplace Interiors came to a realization. “We were too big to be small and too small to be big,” said Michael Bistline, a co-owner of the office furnishings and interior services company based in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. He and co-owner […]
A massive hydroelectric project proposed for a site along the Susquehanna River in York County is facing questions from an unexpected source. An Oklahoma man who fought against a similar project in his state is challenging the credentials of an engineer listed on documents that the York County project’s developer filed with federal regulators. In […]
Ronald Ladyka has been named COO of Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers Inc. He succeeds John O’Connell, who died unexpectedly in early May. O’Connell, who was 64, worked at the New Cumberland-based for 15 years. In a statement, the firm described O’Connell as an “impeccably loyal colleague and mentor who always strived for the betterment of […]
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is winding down its undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Philadelphia after deciding they were no longer sustainable. The programs are slated to close Aug. 31, though the university will maintain programs offering college-level classes to high school students in the city. “These efforts allow us to remain deeply connected to […]
Developer Jordan Ilyes has acquired properties at 200 Main St., 144 Main St., 140 Main St, and South Second Street in McSherrystown. He plans to transform the sites into a mixed-use development with multifamily residential units and a retail center. Tony Plakas of NAI CIR represented the transaction. Get Smart Discount Grocer LLC paid $720,000 […]
Lisa Kelly has joined Camp Hill-based Boyer & Ritter LLC as a paraprofessional supporting the firm’s accounting services team. Kelly worked for several organizations as an office manager and bookkeeper. In addition to financial management skills, she has experience in recruiting, onboarding, training and other human resources functions. She has a bachelor’s degree in professional […]
After listening to both sides of a loan dispute yesterday morning, a Dauphin County judge outlined a potential truce and asked attorneys to put it in writing. Harrisburg-area flooring supplier Frontier Surfaces claims it is on the brink of financial collapse following efforts by regional lender Mid Penn Bancorp to collect on a $4 million loan to the company. […]
A state appeals court last week upheld a decision by local officials to deny a mixed-use development that included a proposed Sheetz store in Derry Township, Dauphin County. Dubbed Governor’s Crossing, the project was proposed for the southwest corner of West Governor and Fishburn roads south of downtown Hershey. But in November 2023, supervisors in Derry Township […]
Private equity is bingeing one of York County’s most iconic retail brands. A consortium of three firms, led by Swander Pace Capital, has acquired Maple Donuts Inc., a family-owned donut and pastry maker based in Springettsbury Township, York County. The deal comes just over a year after the death of the company’s longtime leader, Charlie Burnside. Terms […]
The York Water Co., which serves more than 212,000 people in Adams, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties, is asking state regulators for permission to raise rates for water and sewer service. Under the proposal, residential water customers would pay an additional $14.16 per month, while sewer service would go up by an average of $35.85 […]
After a period as interim CEO, Brent Emore has been named CEO of AHF Products, a flooring manufacturer based in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. He succeeds Brian Carson, who left the company in February to become CEO of Pittsburgh-based The Pittsburgh Paints Co. Emore joined AHF in 2024 as CFO. He worked previously at flooring giant Mohawk […]
A $15 billion data center project proposed for rural Cumberland County cleared a crucial hurdle. At a meeting Friday morning, supervisors in Middlesex Township approved an ordinance creating a special zone where data centers are allowed — an agricultural tract of roughly 700 acres along Country Club Road and the Conodoguinet Creek. The ordinance incorporates […]
The former Frog, Switch & Manufacturing plant in Carlisle has officially changed hands. The Real Estate Collaborative, an arm of the Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp., closed May 29 on its acquisition of the roughly 26.7-acre site at 600 E. High St. The sale price has not yet been recorded in county deed records, and Real Estate Collaborative chair […]