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Buoyed by a $20 million private equity fund, Cook Properties continues to add mobile home parks to its ever-growing portfolio. The property investment firm acquired two mobile home parks in the Buffalo suburb of Lockport, Suburban Acres and Rapid Estates. ...

While some aspects within the world of real estate have returned to normal, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is changing how tenants, investors, homebuyers and lenders do business. What should our office space look like, if we even need ...

The Lake House on Canandaigua has been named one of the best new hotels in the world by Travel + Leisure. The recreated hotel, built on the site of the former Inn on the Lake, was one of 73 hotels — ...

Excelsior Communities has again expanded its rental portfolio with the acquisition of two properties in Webster from Robert Morgan and Landers Communities. Excelsior Communities, a multifamily and commercial property management company based in Rochester, acquired the Preserve at Wood Creek ...

American Airlines will extend its seasonal once-a-week nonstop flight from Rochester to Miami through the summer and then again over the winter months. The Saturday flights — aboard a 76-seat Embraer 175 — will be available from June 5-Aug. 14 and then ...

Parcel 5, the rock- and dirt-covered barren plot of land smack dab in the heart of downtown, will gain new life next month while the city of Rochester continues to seek a permanent use. “Meet Me at the 5” will ...

When Phil LoNigro’s heart stopped beating as he officiated a scholastic football game last month on Long Island, the certified athletic trainers for the participating high schools rushed to his aid and helped save his life. Dan DeSimone of East ...

Partners + Napier has been named the agency of record for MDLIVE Inc., the national telehealth provider with more than 62 million members. The telehealth and virtual care market grew rapidly during the pandemic, when members and providers sought the ...

Had it not been for the recession in 1974, or for a creepy orange-colored slime seeping into the Genesee River around the same time, who knows where Larry Smith would be today. Maybe he’d have his own furniture company or ...

Considering the scope of the Rocket Mortgage advertising blitz, you surely heard about the mortgage lender’s Super Bowl Squares contest back in February. Rocket Mortgage was giving away $50,000 to one contestant every time the score changed during the Feb. ...

Home Leasing LLC and its contracting subsidiary, Home Leasing Construction, have been recertified as B Corporations, a designation the firms have strived to attain and maintain. B-Corporations strive to reach certain standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency ...

Corporate powerhouses Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and HUNT Real Estate ERA maintained prominent positions on the RISMedia Power Broker Report & Survey while Keller Williams Realty Greater Rochester ranked highest among firms headquartered in Monroe County. Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna, ...

The newest WellNow Urgent Care outlet will open in Brockport on Wednesday, the sixth location for the provider of walk-in medical clinics. The Brockport WellNow Urgent Care, located at 6555 4th Section Road near the intersection of Routes 31 and ...

CountryMax, the family owned pet supply and home and garden store, christened the newest — and also largest — store in the chain on Friday morning. Located at 695 Ridge Road in Webster, the 26,000-square-foot store features climate-controlled small pet rooms, ...

Students living in Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and Charles Settlement’s Stadium Estates properties now have access to free wireless internet connections through the Community Classrooms program. Community Classrooms aims to repurpose underutilized spaces within affordable housing developments to ensure students have ...