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Hershey restaurant plans West Shore location

The Chocolate Avenue Grill in Derry Township, Dauphin County plans to open a second location this summer in the former home of Grateful Goat Brewing at 1300 Camp Hill Bypass in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. The grill announced its plans for the West Shore spot in October. But the property sale did not close until December, according to […]

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Brown Plus

Kimberly Cashman has been named an audit principal in the insurance practice at regional accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus. Cashman brings more than 20 years of experience in accounting, audit and financial reporting leadership. She began her career in public accounting serving property and casualty insurers, “I’m excited to join Brown Plus and be […]

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Sadler Health Center

Sadler Health Center has hired two providers for its dental services offices in Carlisle, Loysville and Mechanicsburg. Dr. Christa Peyton is seeing patients at the Carlisle and Loysville locations, and Naomi Mulgrew, a registered dental hygienist, is serving patients at Sadler’s Mechanicsburg facility. Dr. Peyton has a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in […]

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Pennian Bank

Justin Conner has been named senior vice president and market executive for the capital region for Mifflintown-based Pennian Bank. He succeeds Lew Davey, who is moving into a role focused on commercial lending in Cumberland and Perry counties, according to a Pennian spokesperson. Conner worked most recently as market leader in the capital region for Univest […]

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Fraud claims fly over West Shore hotel investment

Investors from Lancaster County are suing a State College hotel operator for allegedly misleading them before and after they invested in a Mechanicsburg-area hotel. The federal lawsuit accuses Shaner Hotel Group with supplying “false, misleading and incomplete information” while it was marketing the hotel investment in 2018. The suit further alleges that Shaner’s management of the hotel […]

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Saxton & Stump

John Feichtel has joined Saxton & Stump as an equity shareholder in the law firm’s suburban Harrisburg office. Feichtel, who has more than 30 years of experience, is a member of the law firm’s corporate healthcare and life sciences group, with a practice that also spans the business and corporate and real estate groups. His […]

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Harrisburg office building changes hands

A four-story office building and former home of an Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar at 201 N. Second St in downtown Harrisburg is in new hands. A partnership called RMN Group LLC paid $850,000 for the 20,000-square-foot building, according to county deed records. RMN shares an address with LBR Properties, a real estate and property management firm based in […]

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Steelton apartments sold to investor

Steel Works Apartments in Steelton has been acquired by West Chester-based Saba Apartments LLC. The partnership paid $6.25 million for the 42-unit building at 224 N. Front St., according to county deed records. The seller was Wormleysburg-based Integrated Development Partners, which built the apartments in 2022 and 2023. Integrated was represented in the deal by agents of […]

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Trout CPA

Daniel Pavlovic has been named director of business valuation at Trout CPA. It is a new role for the Lancaster-based professional services firm, which aims to expand its business valuation practice. Pavlovic worked previously for national firms including KPMG and RSM. At Trout, he will work with Michael Wolfe, a partner in the firm’s business valuation practice. Companies […]

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Top job turning over at Lancaster manufacturer

After leading Armstrong World Industries Inc. for nearly a decade, president and CEO Vic Grizzle is moving into a new role as a precursor to his eventual retirement. Effective April 1, Grizzle is slated to become executive chair of the building products manufacturer based in Manor Township, Lancaster County. He is being succeeded as president and […]

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Warehaus

Warehaus, a York-based architecture and engineering firm, has promoted three executives. Craig Campbell has been named architectural project director, Travis Kepler has been named architectural process director, and Joe Stein has been named civil project director. Campbell, who has worked at Warehaus for 31 years, now oversees project and team administration across the architectural department […]

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Saxton & Stump

Sarah Moreland and Laura Reuter have been promoted to senior counsel at Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump. Moreland is a member of the regulatory and government affairs group in the firm’s Harrisburg office, where she supports clients with advocacy, regulatory analysis, research and a range of government relations matters involving federal, state and local […]

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Construction slated to start at former Harrisburg mall

Redevelopment of the former Harrisburg Mall in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, is slated to get underway this year. Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc. said this week that it plans to begin construction on the first phase of the project, which is bringing a mix of commercial, retail and flex space to the property along Paxton Street. […]

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York nonprofit to consolidate operations in new building

York-based human services agency Community Progress Council plans to pay $2 million for the current home of the York County Economic Alliance in York, where the nonprofit aims to centralize services. The nonprofit, known as CPC, currently has its main office and operates early childhood education programs at a former elementary school at 226 E. College Ave. […]

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Wifinium

Karl Burns has been named chief commercial officer of Wifinium, a new position for the York-based wireless infrastructure company, according to a company spokesperson. Burns worked most recently for CommScope, a Texas-based firm that sold its connectivity and cable solutions business this year. Burns also worked previously as director of strategic partnerships and development at Boingo Wireless and as […]

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Erie Insurance

Joel Reeder has been named vice president and manager of the Harrisburg regional office of Erie Insurance. He succeeds Glenn Kricher, who retired. Reeder joined Erie in 2008 in a claims-related role and has advanced into leadership roles, including material damage appraiser, zone supervisor and liability supervisor. He was named senior district sales manager in […]

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Government

Online retailers win sales-tax fight

A state court has sided with online retailers who say they are being unfairly targeted by Pennsylvania tax collectors. In a ruling Friday, Commonwealth Court blocked efforts by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue to collect state sales and personal income taxes from the retailers, which sell their products through Amazon.At issue are back taxes the state […]

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Program aims to shower capital on small biz in PA

Pennsylvania’s small businesses are in line for a capital infusion of nearly $268 million under a program announced July 18 by the Wolf Administration The money is coming from the federal government via the American Rescue Plan ActBut it will be distributed by the state, specifically the state Department of Community and Economic Development.Other hands […]

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Budget delivers big win, some misses for business

State lawmakers last week delivered a tax cut long sought by Pennsylvania’s business community. But in adopting a $45.2 billion budget on July 8 for the current fiscal year, they left out other sought-after provisions. The headline news is the immediate cut and subsequent phase-down of the state’s corporate net income tax, which had been […]

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Local banking leader named to top job at PA chamber

Pennsylvania’s statewide business chamber has tapped a local banking executive as its next leader. Luke Bernstein, an executive at Shippensburg-based Orrstown Financial Services, is poised to become the next president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. As of June 15, he will be taking over for Gene Barr, who announced his retirement last fall after […]

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Regional projects land $50M-plus in state funds

State officials on Friday unveiled more than $50 million in grants earmarked for projects around Central Pennsylvania, including a life sciences incubator in Lancaster, a hotel renovation on the West Shore and a park along the Codorus Creek in York. Other beneficiaries include Rock Lititz and the partnership developing a mixed-use apartment building near the […]

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Deal closes on Reagan building

A buyer has finalized the $10.01 million purchase of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in downtown Harrisburg. However, the buyer’s identity remains a mystery.A deed filed with Dauphin County lists the buyer as R.R.F. Building LLC,which has a tax billing address at a law firm in South Carolina. Efforts to reach the law firm, De Bruin Law, were not […]

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Lancaster takes aim at township over stormwater 

In a lawsuit filed this month, Lancaster city is accusing a neighboring township of not doing enough to prevent stormwater from flowing into the city’s sewer system, a problem that has been brewing for years. Among other alleged failures, officials in Manheim Township have not required developers to install adequate stormwater controls or paid for […]

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Harrisburg’s Nauman Smith absorbed by larger law firm

One of Harrisburg’s oldest law firms is winding down.  Five attorneys and a team of administrative professionals from 152-year-old Nauman Smith Shissler & Hall are joining the capital city office of Philadelphia-based Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, effective Feb. 1. The move caps conversations that started in early 2023 between the two firms, said Steven Williams, the […]

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State court backs developer in warehouse spat

A state appeals court has sided with a local developer aiming to build a warehouse complex in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. The decision is the latest in a long-running battle over whether warehouses should be allowed on tracts along Route 322 east of Harrisburg, near Penhar Drive. State court shot down a previous developer’s efforts in […]

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Court voids price guide for workers’ comp drugs

A state court has shelved the Red Book, a compendium of wholesale drug prices that state officials routinely use to settle disputes over drug costs in Pennsylvania’s worker’s comp program.  In a ruling this week, Commonwealth Court disqualified use of the book after an insurer challenged it, claiming the book’s listed prices were not accurate.  […]

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UPMC sued for allegedly misclassifying workers

UPMC is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a respiratory therapist who claims she was misclassified as an independent contractor when she worked at the health system’s Harrisburg hospital in 2022. The suit, filed last week in an Allegheny County court, claims the therapist should have been classified as an employee and paid overtime when she […]

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Inch appeals decision that nixed industrial development

An affiliate of real estate developer Inch & Co. is challenging a decision that reversed the zoning on a parcel of land it owns near Route 30 and Pennsylvania Avenue in Manchester Township, York County. Township officials rezoned the property in 2021 for industrial development. But after fierce public outcry and a challenge from the owner […]

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Court voids PA carbon-emission rules

A state court has tossed aside regulations that would have enrolled Pennsylvania in a multistate carbon-cutting program, regulations that were a climate-change priority for the former administration of Gov. Tom Wolf. At issue was whether the heart of the program — a market in which companies must buy credits to emit carbon — represented a fee […]

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Court sides with solar firm in zoning battle

Gratz borough in Dauphin County failed to properly advertise a meeting where it set stricter zoning standards for solar energy systems even as a company was seeking permission to build a 17-megawatt project there. That was the ruling last week from a three-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, which upheld a 2022 decision by Dauphin […]

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Developer loses appeal over denial of mixed-use project

A Lancaster County developer has lost its bid to overturn a zoning decision blocking a mixed-use development in Manheim Township. In a ruling this week, a county judge upheld the township’s denial of plans for Oregon Village, a proposed development that would bring housing, offices, shops and a hotel to a nearly 76-acre tract that […]

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Defamation claim raised in suit over fraud loss

Mid Penn Bank is firing back at claims it did not adequately protect a nonprofit from fraud. In a legal filing this month, the Harrisburg-based bank alleges that the Center for Independent Living of Central Pennsylvania harmed the bank’s reputation in a press release issued in February announcing a lawsuit against the bank. In the press release, the center claimed […]

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October sale sought for beleaguered Harrisburg apartments

The bankrupt owners of an uptown Harrisburg apartment complex want to hire a firm that specializes in real estate liquidation to sell the property in an auction. In a motion filed in bankruptcy court, apartment owners Uptown Partners LP are seeking court approval to hire Hilco Real Estate LLC to oversee a sale of the complex, known as Governor’s Square. […]

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Suit aims to stop Centric merger

A shareholder of Centric Financial is seeking to block the Harrisburg-area bank’s planned merger into a western Pennsylvania bank. In a class-action lawsuit filed this month in Cumberland County court, shareholder Charles Reinhardt claims the $144 million deal undervalues Centric, which is based in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. The lawsuit also takes aim at other terms of […]

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Court ruling could prompt millions in corporate tax refunds

Thanks to a recent court ruling, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania could be on the hook for more than $100 million in tax refunds to businesses. The ruling came in a case that arose over provisions outlining how companies can use past losses to lower their tax bills. Some corporate taxpayers have claimed, successfully, that provisions […]

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Court rules local stormwater fee is a tax

West Chester University and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education do not have to pay an annual six-figure stormwater fee imposed by West Chester Borough. Why? Because Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled yesterday that the fee is a tax — and state entities don’t have to pay taxes. In a lawsuit filed in 2018, the borough argued that the assessments […]

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York-area office building sold for nearly $6M

Seeking a more modern office environment for its York-area staff, a Lancaster-based residential real estate firm is moving down the street. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty bought an office building at 2600 Eastern Blvd. in Springettsbury Township and plans to move its staff there in mid to late September, according to Rod Messick, the firm’s CEO.Homesale Realty plans […]

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Regional construction firm changes hands

When Seth Hughes first stepped onto a construction site as a teenager, he didn’t think about owning a construction company someday. But as his career advanced, it started to emerge as a goal, Hughes said.The goal is now a reality. Hughes has purchased Mechanicsburg-based Mowery Construction from its previous owner, David Cross. The pair began laying the groundwork […]

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Former Harrisburg hospital for sale, eyed for apartments

A piece of Harrisburg history is on the market — and potentially headed for a makeover. Penn Center Harrisburg, the former Polyclinic Hospital campus, is being listed at an asking price of $22 million — and with a sketch plan showing the office property as an apartment complex. “I think that the office need in Harrisburg is low,” […]

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Regional real estate firms merge

One of the region’s largest residential real estate firms just got larger. As of July 12, Lancaster-based Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty has absorbed Brownstone Real Estate, adding two offices and 38 agents in Lebanon and Hershey.Terms of the merger were not disclosed.“After 51 years in business, it was important for us to join a […]

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West Shore construction firm on the move

RLS Construction Group LLC is investing nearly $1.5 million to buy and remodel the former Hampden Township municipal building at 230 S. Sporting Hill Road. The new location in Cumberland County will allow the company to consolidate operations that are currently at two locations, said Bob Schopfer, owner, president and CEO of RLS Construction.The company […]

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Developer lifts curtain on plans for federal building

A developer is filling in some of the details on its plans to transform the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in Harrisburg into “The Federal” — a 200-unit luxury apartment building crowned with a rooftop bar and a pair of restaurants. Developer Global Ocean Investments had already unveiled a goal of remaking the 250,000 square-foot building […]

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Brewery on tap for mixed-use project

Burkentine Builders is gearing up to finish a mixed-use project that will bring another brewery to southern York County. The Hanover-based builder held a topping-off ceremony April 25 for the roughly $5 million project, which is bringing two buildings totaling 10,000 square feet of commercial space and 20 apartments to the borough of New Freedom.Construction […]

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York-area firm buys former restaurant for new HQ

Doceo, a York-based technology services company, plans to move its headquarters this fall to a former Ruby Tuesday restaurant in York Township.The 6,000 square-foot space is larger than the 4,300 square feet the company currently rents in a multi-tenant building at 1499 S. Queen St. in Spring Garden Township, according to spokesperson Maya Miller. It […]

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York taps new developer for vacant industrial tract

A new developer is getting a crack at bringing life to a former industrial tract in York. At a meeting last week, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of York awarded a six-month option on a 4.4-acre site in the Northwest Triangle to Statewide Partners, a regional firm with offices in Harrisburg and York. Preliminary sketches from Statewide show […]

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