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Pegula Sports and Entertainment and the City of Rochester have reached agreement on a 15-year arena management contract, substantially reducing taxpayers liability at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. PSE, the management branch of the Kim and Terry Pegula ...

The home that helped launch the suffragist activities of Laura Cuppy Smith nearly two centuries ago has undergone an extensive structural rehabilitation, the first step toward the developers dream of creating a trendy tavern in downtown Rochester’s Cascade District. Twin ...

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP has been granted a sales tax exemption on equipment, furniture and fixtures by Imagine Monroe, a step in the firm’s planned move to Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch & Lomb Tower). The county says Woods Oviatt Gilman ...

Pamela Fennell Baker has been named president of Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women. The appointment by the school’s board of trustees was announced on Tuesday and she will officially assume the role on Jan. 2. She succeeds ...

Given the choice between a mundane workload or an exacting assignment, Douglas B. Eldred chose the latter every time. A mid-project quandary always spiced up the workday for the senior project engineer at Fairport-based BME Associates. “Solving problems is what ...

The new pavilion made of Douglas fir timber at Rochester Childfirst Network is much more than just an outdoor shelter. With a living roof and the incorporation of a learning garden, the donated structure will also serve as a classroom ...

The median price on October home sales in Monroe County rose $10,000 year-over-year to $150,000, but that’s still $4,000 to $9,900 lower than the median price during the peak summer selling period. While new listings rose slightly (1.5 percent to ...

The mortgage holder for the $18 million Chateau at Heritage Square senior living community in the Town of Sweden has filed suit to foreclose on the loan. S&T Bank of Indiana, Pa., filed papers in state Supreme Court in Monroe ...

Success is often a product of hard work. So, too, is the ability to observe and the willingness to adapt. Four recent Forty Under 40 honorees share thoughts on the most important lessons they have learned on the job. On ...

The closing of the Thomson Reuters legal services office in Rochester will leave all 304 employees without jobs by the time the shutdown is complete on Sept. 30. The Toronto-based, multifaceted media and information firm announced last week that Rochester ...

The City of Rochester and Monroe County are now providing more direct information at their annual tax foreclosure auctions about homes scheduled for demolition. While city and county officials say a notice about impending demolition has always been available before ...

Butler/Till has re-branded its integrated marketing agency to Verdant Brand Communications, a move meant to better reflect its evolution to meet a more diversified set of client challenges. Formerly known as Brand Cool, the new Verdant has expanded beyond the ...

Stantec, the Rochester-based design firm, was recognized for its work to revitalize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park at Manhattan Square. The project received a Diamond Award in the annual Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering ...

A judge has signed an order allowing for foreclosure proceedings to begin on a Buffalo-area apartment complex developed and owned by Buffalo State Ventures, a subsidiary of Rochester-based DHD Ventures. ACRES Capital, which helped broker two mortgages for the property ...

  The Original Steve’s Diner now has an original second location. The popular Penfield eatery has also become the anchor tenant in Whitney Town Center in Perinton. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant seats 100 and opened on Monday, Nov. 12. The grand ...