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ESD approves loan for downtown hotel, funding for Hastings raceway
Empire State Development (ESD) on Thursday approved a loan related to the construction of the Inns at Armory Square in downtown Syracuse. ESD also approved
Siena survey: real-estate market ‘positive’ but ‘pendulum is swinging’
New York state consumers’ view of the real-estate market remains “positive,” but the market itself may be changing somewhat. That’s according to Donald Levy, director of the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI), which released its latest survey report of consumer real-estate sentiment in the Empire State on Feb. 3. The New York real-estate market has
Real-estate agency changes name, brings focus back to local business
NEW HARTFORD — After 25 years of affiliation with Prudential Real Estate, one local real-estate agency has dropped the affiliation and changed its name as it hones its focus on serving the local area. The former Prudential Joseph R. Carucci Real Estate agency is now known as Preferred Properties of the Mohawk Valley, Inc., says
Madison County to use state grant to improve agriculture and renewable-energy park
Empire State Development is providing Madison County with a grant of $4 million to pay for infrastructure improvements at its ARE (agricultural and renewable energy)
RealtyUSA expands North Country presence with merger
WATERTOWN — RealtyUSA has announced that the Watertown and Henderson Harbor offices of Elliott Realty, Inc. are now operating under the RealtyUSA name. The “agreement
Cornell, city of Utica use grant to create R2G urban-planning studio
UTICA — Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Oneida County and the city of Utica on Monday announced a downtown-development partnership and grant funding that they’ll use
SMC, North Country Family Health Center outline plan to ‘stabilize’ agency
WATERTOWN — Samaritan Medical Center (SMC) and the North Country Family Health Center (NCFHC) last month announced details of a plan the organizations had devised to help “stabilize” the operations at NCFHC. The New York State Department of Health back in October appointed SMC as the temporary operator of NCFHC as the clinic had announced
Destiny USA outlines plans for $75 million hotel project
SYRACUSE — Destiny USA is “prepared to take the next steps” to develop an on-site, all-suites hotel to accommodate “the influx of leisure travelers to
Rochester Sonic Drive-In franchisee to expand with six locations between Syracuse and Watertown
Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) today announced a franchise-development agreement for six new drive-in eateries in the Syracuse and Watertown areas in the next four years.
USDA awards Volney $1.7 million loan and grant for drinking-water system
VOLNEY — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding the town of Volney a loan and grant totaling $1.7 million to help bring clean drinking water to more local residents. U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) today announced the funding from the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.
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