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Utica Zoo breaks ground on new welcome center
UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica Zoo broke ground Monday, July 11 on a $2.5 million project to expand its current gift shop and admissions building
Madison County announces park-improvement project
NEW WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Madison County is set to launch the first phase of a project to improve numerous elements at Delphi Falls County Park
Jefferson Clinton Suites in Armory Square now operates under Best Western brand
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Jefferson Clinton Suites at 416 S. Clinton St. in Syracuse’s Armory Square area is now operating as the Best Western Syracuse
Leslie’s Pool Supplies leases new space in Camillus
CAMILLUS, N.Y. — Leslie’s Pool Supplies recently leased a 5,393-square-foot retail building at 5374 West Genesee St. in the town of Camillus. Glenn Weisiger, of CBRE Syracuse, represented the tenant, Leslie’s Pool Supplies, in this transaction, according to a news release from the real-estate firm. Leslie’s Pool Supplies says it is the largest swimming-pool supplies
Boviteq USA leases almost 4,700 square feet at office park in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Boviteq USA recently leased 4,663 square feet of office/flex space at 15 Technology Place in DeWitt. Christopher Savage, William Evertz, and James Laurenzo of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company helped arrange the transaction, according to a release from the real-estate firm. Savage and Evertz represented the landlord. The property owner is listed
Three organizations honored at Downtown Committee meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Downtown Committee of Syracuse Inc. recognized the Hanover Square Association, the Corbett Corner project, and the downtown lunch restaurant Darwin during its June 23 annual meeting held at the Oncenter. The event, which attracted a crowd of 400, also included the annual State of Downtown report. Merike Treier, executive director of
Amazon’s robotic-fulfillment center in Clay formally opens
CLAY, N.Y. — Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new robotic-fulfillment center at 7211 Morgan Road in Clay is the company’s largest facility in New York. That’s according to Jennifer Cruickshank, Amazon head of New York public policy and community engagement for the Seattle, Washington–based ecommerce giant. She made the comment to open the June 23 formal-opening ceremony.
Former employee to lead new Ashley McGraw D.C. office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse–based Ashley McGraw Architects has employees in the Washington, D.C. region and believed it was time to open an office in that area, which it is calling its Mid-Atlantic office. The firm also announced the hiring of Nicholas Williams, who will direct the new Mid-Atlantic office. Williams previously worked at Ashley McGraw
New York home sales climb in May, prices keep soaring
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,451 previously owned homes in May, up 12.2 percent from the 11,095 homes sold in the year-ago month. However, pending sales fell more than 3 percent in May, pointing to likely sales declines in the next month or two. The data comes from the New York State Association
Office building at 615 W. Genesee St. in Syracuse sold for nearly $450,000
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The nearly 11,200-square-foot, multi-tenanted office building at 615 West Genesee St. in Syracuse has been sold. Jacob Friedman recently purchased the two-story masonry structure, located on less than half an acre of land, for $449,000 from Orange Genesee, LLC. Barton Feinberg and Richard Robb, as dual agents of Sutton Real Estate Company,
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