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Siena: New Yorkers view on real estate strengthens during Q1
New Yorkers seem to sense the return of a “thriving” market in which both the buyers and sellers profit from strong real-estate values. That’s the analysis from Don Levy, director of the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI), which released its quarterly consumer real-estate sentiment scores for New York state on April 17. The survey measured […]
Area firms pursue clean-energy technologies with CAP grants
SYRACUSE — A handful of area businesses developing clean-energy technologies recently received a helping hand to bring their products to market. CenterState CEO, National Grid, and State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D–Syracuse) on April 19 awarded five Central New York companies grant funding to assist in commercializing clean-energy technologies. The awards are part of the Syracuse
New dental practice opens in downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Two Syracuse dentists, Tyler W. Mead and Christopher J. Zimmerman have teamed up to form a new dental practice, dubbed Downtown Dental Syracuse, P.C. The office of Downtown Dental Syracuse is in the University Building at 120 E. Washington St., in the same location of a dental practice formerly known as Zimmerman’s Downtown
State awards Cornell funding for construction project at experiment station
GENEVA — New York has awarded Cornell University $4.7 million for a construction project at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. State
HUD to close Syracuse office later this year
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced that the agency’s “small” office in Syracuse will close “early” in fiscal year 2014, which
New York housing market posts gains in Q1
The New York housing market generated gains in closed sales, median-sales price, and pending sales during the first quarter compared to the same period in
SU launches second round of Connective Corridor Façade Improvement Program
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) recently received $250,000 from the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council to fund the launch of the second round of the Connective Corridor Façade Improvement Program (FIP) to spruce up downtown buildings. “I think it’s an opportunity for us to build on the success of the first round in
Currier Plastics close to completing expansion project
AUBURN — Currier Plastics, Inc., a custom blow-molding and injection-molding manufacturer, is “90 percent complete” with an expansion project that started back in October. That’s
Engineering firm picks new leader, maps out strategic plan
WATERTOWN — Engineering firm Bernier Carr & Associates kicked off spring with a changing of the guard as Kris D. Dimmick steps up as vice president of operations, leading its day-to-day operations. And CEO Bernard H. Brown and Board Chairperson Pamela Beyor both announced their retirement effective at the end of this year. Those changes
Alto Cinco to open a second restaurant in downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Alto Cinco, a popular Mexican restaurant in the Syracuse University hill area since 1995, will open a second eatery in downtown Syracuse this
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