It has been nearly a year since the former Dentsply campus in York city changed hands, fueling hopes for the property’s redevelopment.Hopes are now turning into blueprints.Developer York
Plenty of developers have likely wondered how cities and townships calculate the fees they charge for construction permits.Harrisburg-area developer Triple Crown Corp. took its questions all the way to Commonwealth Court, where it argued that fees charged by Lower Allen Township in Cumberland County for two apartment projects were unreasonable and unconstitutional.The case was thrown out […]
Harrisburg-area business owner Anthony Worrall has added a third company to his portfolio. The owner of Reynolds Restoration Services and IT services company Everound has acquired SECCO Electric, a commercial contractor based in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.In an interview, Worrall said he was interested not in supercharging growth or changing SECCO, which employs 45 […]
Valley Supply Inc., a Mechanicsburg-area distributor of concrete accessories, fabricated rebar, chemicals and safety products for the construction industry. The company has been acquired by White Cap, a growing, Atlanta-based construction supplies distributor. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Valley Supply will continue under its own name and existing leaders, Harvey Sipe and Linda […]
High-profile construction projects around the region are in line for millions of dollars in state funding under grant awards disclosed Friday.Beneficiaries include a proposed sports complex in North York, a residential project underway in Lancaster County and the planned makeover of Harrisburg’s former federal building.They are among more than 400 projects statewide awarded nearly $600 […]
Life sciences heavyweight GSK is investing up to $800 million into its Marietta-area campus with plans to boost capacity and produce cutting-edge vaccines targeting illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis.The project, described as the British company’s largest-ever investment in U.S. manufacturing, entails construction of a new 300,000 square-foot facility and refurbishment of an existing building, along with the […]
State officials yesterday unveiled a pilot grant program designed to fund mixed-use projects with a residential component.State officials see the $10 million program as a first step in addressing the shortage of affordable housing in Pennsylvania, a shortage that is drawing attention at every level of government.Funding is available for preparing sites for development, converting […]
Officials in York have toiled for more than two decades to bring development to the Northwest Triangle, a former industrial tract along the Codorus Creek in the city’s northwest corner.They filled in pieces here and there over the years. On Oct. 10, they celebrated what is likely to be the final piece: a mixed-use project […]
Inch & Co. is appealing a York County court ruling that blocks the company from building a warehouse on land south of Route 30 in Manchester Township.The move continues a nearly two-year-old battle over the 52.1-acre site, which borders the Prospect Hill Cemetery.Some neighbors have opposed the warehouse plans since they became public, arguing the […]
After her older brother died by suicide nearly 20 years ago, Kara McCaffrey felt drawn toward efforts to prevent others from following.“It’s just something that I’ve always cared about,” said McCaffrey, whose family owns Houck Group, a regional construction contractor based in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County.The personal became professional when she started working in […]
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