Investors hoping to recover money from Lancaster-based ATM operator Paramount Management Group are facing a new hurdle. In a legal filing this month, a Berks County bank claims it has a stake in some of Paramount’s ATMs, as well as any revenue they may be generating. Customers Bank is asking a Lancaster County judge to stay an earlier […]
Investment Real Estate LLC, an arm of the York-based Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, has acquired three family-owned self-storage sites in Rome, New York — which is near Syracuse. The company plans to operate the new facilities under its Moove In Self Storage brand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The three sites add 659 storage units and 83,380 square feet […]
Regional accounting and advisory firm Boyer & Ritter promoted nine staff members, including two new managers, two new supervisors and five new senior associates. James Farano and Geneka Zechman were promoted to manager. Farano, who joined Boyer & Ritter in 2019, provides accounting and auditing services for government clients. He has an associate degree in […]
Christopher Conner, a former chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder and co-chair of the law firm’s investigation and criminal defense group and its appellate and post-trial advocacy group. He also will help clients as a mediator for Saxton & Stump affiliate Optimal […]
One of the nation’s largest apartment operators has scooped up a development-ready tract in northwestern Lancaster County. An affiliate of Greystar paid nearly $8.7 million for the tract, which is poised to house an 11-building, 280-unit apartment complex, according to county deed records. The seller was 1376 Campus Road Associates LLC, an affiliate of Catalyst Commercial Development, a West […]
Accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus promoted nine team members effective Jan. 1. Kyle Bushong was promoted to audit manager. He has more than seven years of public accounting experience providing audit services to governmental entities, school-related entities and nonprofit organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Shippensburg University. He […]
Kathryn Maza Courtney has been promoted to senior counsel at Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm, effective Jan. 1. Courtney contributes to the firm’s healthcare litigation, appellate and post-trial advocacy, and investigations and criminal defense groups. Before joining Saxton & Stump, she worked at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. Before moving into […]
Robert Firely joined Trout CPA as a partner effective Jan. 6. Firely was most recently a senior vice president at M&A advisory firm Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors. Before that, he was CFO and chief administrative officer for Triose, a healthcare-focused logistics company in Berks County. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State and has […]
Orrstown Bank has added a pair of leaders from a Maryland bank to lead operations and technology. Ben Colvard has been named chief operations officer at Orrstown, while Chris Orr has been named chief information officer. Orr worked most recently as chief digital officer for Sandy Spring Bank in Olney, Maryland, an institution with assets of about […]
Lancaster Log Cabins was born in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, in 2016 and moved to the Gap area in 2020. It is planning to move once again, but company owner Dan Smucker hopes it’s the last time. Lancaster Log Cabins paid nearly $15.1 million this month for what Smucker hopes is its “forever home”: A 68.7-acre […]
Lancaster-based law firm Barley Snyder has named new leaders for its business and employment practice groups. Partner Daniel Desmond has been named chair of the business practice group, succeeding Jeremy Frey. Desmond has been the group’s vice chair since 2024 and has more than a decade of experience. He also chairs the law firm’s PA […]
Stephen Nieli has been named executive director of the High Family Office, which provides services to the High family and other shareholders in High-related entities. Nieli is succeeding Dean Glick, who worked for various High companies over 38 years. In addition to his new role at the family office, Nieli has been elected president of ., a […]
The proverbial corner office at Conrad Siegel has a new occupant. The employee benefits consulting and investment advisory firm in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County has named Abigail Fortino as its next president, effective Jan. 1. She was also named chair of the firm’s management committee. She succeeds Mark Bonsall, who had been president of the firm since […]
McClure Company, a mechanical contractor based in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, paid $2.15 million to buy a 52,761 square-foot office building at 1800 Linglestown Road, also in Susquehanna Township. The building had been owned by a lender, according to Robin Zellers of Lemoyne-based real estate firm NAI CIR. Zellers, along with NAI CIR’s Nik Sgagias and […]
The owner of a Gettysburg-area hotel prevailed in a court case that turned on questions of when to apply a state tax on real estate transfers. At issue was a transfer of properties between entities controlled by the same owner. State tax collectors argued that transfers in 2018 by Kunj Harrisburg LLC, which operates the Eisenhower Hotel […]
East to West Properties LLC paid $650,000 for a three-story office building at 215 Pine St. in Harrisburg, according to county deed records. The seller was 215 Pine St LLC, a partnership headed by local real estate investor Ramandeep Singh. The roughly 10,000 square-foot building is occupied by three tenants, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, the Department […]
Shortly after disclosing the retirement plans of its chief executive, Michele Buck, The Hershey Co. unveiled new leaders for its U.S. candy and salty snack businesses. Effective Feb. 3, Andrew Archambault will lead the U.S. confections unit, while Veronica Villasenor will lead salty snacks. Archambault joins Dauphin County-based Hershey from Keurig Dr Pepper, where he was […]
Franklin Financial Services, the Chambersburg-based parent of F&M Trust, is rolling out a succession plan for its retiring chief executive. The bank has tapped Craig Best, the former CEO of a Scranton bank, as its next leader effective Jan. 14, according to a regulatory filing. Best, 64, is succeeding Tim Henry, who announced in November that he would retire […]