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When it comes to LEED-certified green construction, only Colorado and Illinois rank higher than New York. The rankings were compiled by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and are based on the number of LEED-certified square feet per person on ...

Home sellers realized an average gain of $30,000 on a typical sale in the Rochester metropolitan area in 2019, the largest return on investment in 13 years. That return on investment was based on median purchase and resale prices as ...

Christa Construction, LLC, LeFrois Builders and Developers, and SWBR were honored for their work on Thursday night at the annual Upstate New York Chapter of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association. Christa was recognized for the Henrietta Library, which ...

Investors who poured $63 million into Robert Morgan’s wide-ranging development projects will be repaid in full, the Securities and Exchange Commission says. The SEC on Tuesday obtained a court order authorizing distribution of funds obtained through Morgan’s voluntary sale of ...

Dixon Schwabl, Meshin Movement and Optic Sky will work collaboratively as marketing partners on the ROC2025 campaign, an ambitious endeavor focused on turning greater Rochester into one of the country’s most dynamic regional economies. Headed by president and CEO Joseph ...

KJT Group chief operating officer Michaela Gascon is now also president of the evidence-based consulting firm. Founder Kenneth J. Tomaszewski has stepped down as president but will remain CEO and board chair of KJT Group, which is based in Honeoye ...

When Kimberly Jones was hired by Butler/Till in 2010, she was employee No. 56. When she makes her first hire as the agency’s new CEO, there will be 176 employees in the women-owned, employee-owned enterprise. Jones, president of Butler/Till since ...

For the Rochester Red Wings, 2019 was the Season of the Home Run, as the team hit a franchise-record 174 homers. The Wings hit a home run off the field, too. Rochester Community Baseball Inc., posted an after-tax profit for ...

Five residential homes as well as Community Habilitation services have been transferred to Lifetime Assistance Inc. from Grace Lutheran Residential Services Inc. Lifetime Assistance has taken over operations of the living facilities, which provide homes for 37 residents. The residences ...

A dynamic economy has been the driving force in declining vacancy rates in all four commercial real estate sectors in the Rochester metropolitan area, according to the managing director of CBRE Rochester. CBRE’s annual Real Estate Market Outlook showed vacancies in ...

In an effort to better reflect all it does as a brand experience agency, Webster-based Mirror Show Management has changed its name to MSM Inc. When the firm was founded in 1993 by Donna Shultz, the Mirror Show name was ...

Rochester’s first live weekend morning television newscasts are coming to NEWS10NBC (WHEC-TV) starting on Saturday. The station will add two live hours of news on Saturday and Sunday. The first NEWS10NBC Today hour runs from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. ...

Forty years ago, “I’d rather be in Rochester” was the slogan for a Rochester Chamber of Commerce marketing campaign. Visit Rochester will tell you that, based on four events this weekend, the slogan is still true. Nearly 7,000 people are ...

Foreclosure activity in the Rochester metro area in 2019 fell to the lowest levels since at least 2006, the first year for which ATTOM Data Solutions has statistics for default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. There were 1,881 housing ...

Rochester-based CPL has continued its expansion and rapid growth with the acquisition of Sammel Architecture PLLC in the Westchester County town of Somers. Sammel Architecture was founded in 1998 and has served clients primarily in the K12 market. The acquisition ...