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Rick Schiffhauer’s first foray into the world of sporting goods came in the late 1990s, when he dabbled in selling discontinued Mizuno softball bats out his Rochester Athletic Club office. He’d buy them in bulk for $50 a bat and ...

A Morgan Management project is back in motion in the Syracuse suburb of Fayetteville, a month after the village board of trustees suspended action on the endeavor because of a federal indictment involving executives from the real estate development company. ...

The City of Rochester will part ways with arena manager SMG, seemingly clearing the way for Pegula Sports and Entertainment to take over operations if the Buffalo-based sports empire so desires. SMG, and/or an earlier variation thereof, has managed Blue Cross ...

Tom Gears’ introduction to architecture didn’t come from a textbook or career fair—it came from television. He was intrigued by the work of Mike Brady, the fictional father on “The Brady Bunch.” Something about having a home office and wearing ...

The last time Mark Juliano left the ritzy extravagance of a casino empire to operate a more low-key gaming center, he hit the jackpot. The year was 2014 and Juliano transferred within the Las Vegas Sands Corp., relocating from Marina ...

An LGBTQ-friendly apartment complex and adjoining pharmacy and a 101-unit apartment building that will also feature retail space are one step closer to becoming the next parts of the Inner Loop East Transformation Project. Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced that ...

The Pike Company Inc., one of the largest construction management firms in the Northeast, is now even larger. Pike acquired JT Vaeth Construction of Buffalo on Tuesday and BCI Construction LLC of Albany on Wednesday. The acquisitions were announced this ...

Let’s say it has been your dream for the past decade to build your own house, so over the years you’ve diligently saved a budgeted amount of money every month. You now have enough in the bank for a tidy ...

The conversion of a ranch style property in the Village of Pittsford into apartments for persons with developmental disabilities is one of 21 projects throughout New York to receive initial funding under the state’s Small Rental Development Initiative, or SRDI. ...

Josh Sidebottom has been named chief operations officers for The Outdoor Group, the Henrietta-based manufacturer of archery and hunting related products. Sidebottom had been vice president of product development for the firm, which is the parent company of nine brands: ...

Expansion at The Glen at Perinton Hills will begin soon now that the developer has received all regulatory land use approvals for the nearly six-acre site. The current office park will be torn down and five new buildings will be ...

The continuing lack of houses on the market in Monroe County contributed to a 15.8 percent jump in home prices compared to last year. The May housing market report from the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) shows the ...

Nearly 90 jobs will be retained and another 55 full-time equivalent jobs will be created with the approval of four economic development projects by Imagine Monroe. The projects: » DVL 3 LLC intends to construct a 14,642-square-foot medical complex in ...

If you don’t have a trumpet, clarinet or other instrument, it’s a little difficult to make music. Thus, M&T Bank and the Rochester Education Foundation, or REF, will launch the 11th annual Jazz Fest Musical Instrument Drive in hopes of providing ...

This article was featured in RBJ’s Path to Excellence magazine published June 22, 2018. The road to employment independence is rarely straight and almost always includes plenty of forks and roundabouts. Especially in a male-dominated industry. You can’t ask your ...