Garrett Rothman. He has been named president of RSR Realtors, the Lemoyne-based real estate firm co-founded by his father, Bill Rothman, in 1970. Garrett Rothman, who has been an agent at RSR since 2003, succeeds Jamie Berrier, who remains part of the firm’s ownership group and an agent. In addition to his sales and leasing activities, […]
Since it was founded in 2019, Zimmermann Investment Management & Planning in New Cumberland has grown to more than $700 million in assets under management. But if it wanted to keep growing at the same pace, it needed a partner, said Curt H. Zimmerman, founder and president of the company. “We just needed a different way […]
Ryan Pudloski and Kelly Seipe have been promoted to new roles at JPL, an integrated marketing agency in Harrisburg. They also have joined the company’s ownership group. Pudloski has been named chief technology officer, a role overseeing JPL’s technology strategy, with a focus on integrating creative, technology, media and analytics on behalf of the firm’s […]
Lorie Heckman has been named an executive vice president of F&M Trust, the banking subsidiary of Chambersburg-based Franklin Financial Services. Heckman, who has worked at the bank for nearly four decades, is its chief risk officer. Over her career, she has held numerous roles, including credit recovery manager, security officer, compliance officer, and vice president […]
Four staff members have joined the membership group of McNees Wallace & Nurick, a Harrisburg-based law firm. They are Alexandra Ahlbrandt, Amanda Kraft, Courtney Wentzel and Erica Wible. Ahlbrandt, who joined McNees in 2018, is a corporate and tax attorney based in the firm’s York office. She focuses on healthcare M&A and earned a law […]
A developer is hoping to erect a small solar farm on a nearly 88-acre tract in suburban Harrisburg. But first, the developer, a subsidiary of Boston-based BlueWave, must convince officials in Lower Paxton Township to allow solar panels in a district zoned for residential development. The township planning commission is slated to consider the request at […]
An independent mental health therapist leased an office suite at 401 E. Louther St. in Carlisle. Amber Corbo of NAI CIR facilitated the transaction. Cedar Run Construction leased 11,600 square feet of industrial space at 120 N. 25th St. in Lebanon from Risser Properties LLC. Tom Troccoli and Josh Miller of Bennett Williams Commercial represented […]
Robin Felty joined Barley Snyder as its COO effective Dec. 16. The former superintendent for Manheim Township School District, Felty succeeds Dorothy Rund, who retired after nearly three decades with the Lancaster-based law firm. Felty spent eight years as the district’s superintendent and is on the board of Leadership Lancaster and the Lancaster Sunrise Rotary […]
RKL LLP, an accounting and professional services firm based in Lancaster, has added five people to its partnership group: Brandon Adams, Michael Andrews, Kirsten Deeds, Jason Gerber and David Morais. Adams is a partner and managing director of investment strategy for RKL Private Wealth, the firm’s wealth management division. He graduated from Penn State University. Andrews […]
Commonwealth Court has tossed out state rules requiring licensing of companies manufacturing e-cigarettes and the liquids used in them. The court found that the rules gave the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue too much discretion in deciding how they would be enforced. The decision came Friday in the context of a lawsuit filed by East Coast Vapor, […]
After closing last year, a former West Shore factory for The AMES Companies has been sold. An affiliate of York-based Kinsley Properties paid $18 million for the plant at 465 Railroad Ave. in Hampden Township, according to Gerry Blinebury, a broker with real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. Cushman & Wakefield is listing the 397,000 square-foot building for lease on behalf of […]
Laura Bailey Gallagher has been named senior counsel attorney at Saxton & Stump, a law firm based in Lancaster. Gallagher is an employment lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience serving local and national clients. She counsels business leaders and HR professionals on complicated legal issues of workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disability, employment contracts, unions, […]
Delta Airport Consultants leased the first floor at 17 W. High S. in Carlisle. Delta, which focuses on planning, design, construction administration and management of airport infrastructure, plans to use the space as a local headquarters for its engineering team. Pamela E. Fisher of NAI CIR represented the landlord in the transaction. DolgenCorp LLC leased […]
A California-based partnership called Hayward Center LLC paid $2.926 million for a former furniture store converted to a doctor’s office in West Manchester Township, York County. The seller was Utah-based York MD LLC, which paid $1.875 million for the property at 1550 Rodney Road in November 2023, according to county deed records. The property was marketed on behalf […]
Reilly Noetzel has been named a partner at Lancaster law firm Barley Snyder effective Jan. 1. Noetzel is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group and of its construction, environment, land use and municipal industry groups. He joined the law firm in 2017 after a stint in the state attorney general’s office. He earned a […]
High interest rates hampered mergers and acquisitions for much of 2024, as did uncertainty over the outcome of the presidential election. Nonetheless, Central Pennsylvania saw plenty of dealmaking over the last year. The roundup below includes the usual suspects like banks and insurance brokerages, but it also features companies that make hammocks, home runs and […]
If there’s no fix by this summer, flawed power market rules threaten to saddle Pennsylvania homes and businesses with billions of dollars in extra costs for electricity, according to a regulatory complaint lodged this week by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The complaint, filed with federal energy regulators, seeks to change certain rules governing the cost of […]
Is it fraud or a failing business? That was one of the questions hanging over a court hearing held yesterday morning to consider contempt charges against Paramount Management Group, a Lancaster-based ATM network being sued by its investors. The investors want Paramount held in contempt for its alleged failure to abide by a court order issued earlier […]