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Suburban office and industrial space are limited commodities in the Rochester area, according to the 2019 Market Outlook published by CBRE Rochester. The report, released this week, shows a vacancy rate of just 5.7 percent for suburban industrial space. When ...

Listing price essentially meant sales price in 2018 in Monroe County, where a continuing low inventory again helped push costs higher for home buyers. With the months supply of homes at a statewide low all year, sellers in Monroe County ...

OnCell has acquired New Zealand-based Authentic, a move that will strengthen OnCell’s position as a leader in self-guided tour apps while also increasing its global presence. OnCell, based in Pittsford, provides mobile tour technologies for museums, parks and cultural destinations, ...

Flags will fly at half-staff at all Monroe County facilities through Thursday to honor the memory of Jeffrey Farrell, a county employee who was killed while on the job last week. Farrell, a member of the Monroe County Pure Waters ...

In moving down, Flexx Mobility and Performance is moving up. The fitness center that features customized workouts and full-body health has expanded, abandoning a 600-square-foot space on the third floor of the Auditorium Theatre for a 2,500-square-foot area in the ...

Takeform, an experiential graphics and wayfinding firm based in Medina, Orleans County, has acquired Buffalo-based PrintLeader. PrintLeader is a full-service, large-format digital printing and installation company. Takeform and PrintLeader had collaborated on projects for national accounts over the past year, ...

Foreclosure filings in the Rochester area dropped significantly in 2018, with total activity reaching a six-year low. Default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions totaled 2,267—or one in every 0.48 housing units—for the Rochester metropolitan statistical area, which includes Monroe, ...

Richard “Dick” Ash, who guided Rochester construction mainstay C.P. Ward Inc. for more than 50 years as the firm’s president, died on Friday with his daughters at his side. He was 81. Mr. Ash, who lived in the Livingston County ...

The only full-scale gambling venue in the Finger Lakes region, del Lago Resort & Casino, may be unable to meet financial obligations in the next 12 to 18 months without an additional infusion of cash, according to Moody’s Investor Service. ...

If you’ve been to a hockey game in the past 20 years, or listened to the soundtrack of a Mighty Ducks movie, you’ve no doubt heard the Gear Daddies singing “I want to drive the Zamboni.” Well, now you can ...

What began as a desire to cut costs and become more environmentally friendly has turned into a new product, a new business venture and a new location for MCM Natural Stone Inc. and its subsidiary CM&M Industries Inc. CM&M is ...

Former Geneva city manager Mathew Horn will be joining MRB Group to lead the firm’s Municipal Services Division. MRB, a Rochester-based engineering and architecture firm, employs more than 75 professionals, technicians and planners who have been recognized for their work ...

Rochester real estate developer Thomas Masaschi is suing his partners in a housing development near the University of Rochester, claiming they fabricated tales of fraud in order to deprive him of $5 million in equity sale proceeds. The complaint, filed ...

A Schenectady couple that has turned home flipping into a real estate enterprise will share insight and tips in Rochester at a three-day seminar in February. Glenn and Amber Schworm plan to share the ins and outs of the business—from ...

The ongoing shortage of skilled trade labor is impacting project times, payroll costs, ancillary expenses and safety concerns for construction companies throughout New York and the nation, according to 2019 Construction Outlook Survey results from the Associated General Contractors of ...