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The Rochester Professional Consultants Network has announced its 2017 Entrepreneur Wall of Fame Award winners, honoring some of the region’s most successful consultants and their roles in impacting the economic development of the Rochester area.

A North Carolina firm has signed an agreement to purchase the Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center in Canandaigua, and its related assets, for $2.75 million in cash.

Optimax Systems Inc. continues its growth path, with work in emerging technological markets and a commitment to employee development. The company has some 300 employees, up from 270 last year, and expects to increase its workforce this year by roughly ...

Two of the area’s biggest developers have partnered on the purchase of a garage downtown in a move they say will help address public concerns on where to park in the city. Buckingham Properties LLC and Morgan Management LLC signed ...

Royal Oak Realty Trust Inc. recently made its 16th acquisition with a $4.65 million deal. It is also the Brighton firm’s first transaction in Florida. The real estate investment trust closed March 10 on Delta Group Electronics Inc.’s manufacturing facility ...

A local developer received tax breaks Tuesday on a $3.6 million project to build townhomes in the center city.

Organizers for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival announced the lineup Tuesday for this year’s event.

A local developer received tax breaks Tuesday on a $3.6 million project to build townhomes in the center city.

The Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc. will host its 5th Annual Healthcare Career Exploration Day on Tuesday at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua.

A leading supplier of freeze-dried food to the U.S. Military plans to build a $25 million, 50,000-square-foot facility in Henrietta. The move is expected to add 30 local full-time jobs.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that cleanup of properties in neighborhoods adjacent to the former Geneva Foundry site on Jackson Street will begin this summer.

There will be a public forum held seeking input on the redevelopment potential of a vacant, city-owned property at 151 Mt. Hope Ave.

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics announced a new member: Coventor Inc., a semiconductor process modeling software company.

Business activity continued to expand at a steady pace in March in New York, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey shows.