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The Rochester Home & Garden Show returns to the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center this weekend.

How efficiently an excavator can move and remove topsoil and other layers at a construction site can mean the difference between making or losing money on a job.

Halfway through quarter one of the new year, what are local industry leaders seeing as the biggest continued concerns and points of optimism?

The state will make significant investments in the region to enhance workforce development, especially regarding technology jobs.

In an analysis of state-by-state U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the ABC, unemployment in the state dropped to 5.4 percent from 7.1 percent.

When Taylor General Contractors rebranded to Taylor, The Builders some 13 years ago, the new name reflected the firm’s true passion. “We really like to build,” President Karl Schuler said. Today the company is following through on what they love ...

With the century-old Main Street lift bridge in downtown Brockport scheduled to close this spring, the New York State Department of Transportation has an informational meeting on Feb. 9 for residents and business owners.

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Developers and owners of commercial real estate may be able to make properties more attractive and efficient by incorporating community ventures into surplus space and/or embracing ESG compliance standards. That holds true whether developers are building new or if a ...

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A proposed 60-unit apartment community in Penfield and renovations for the Security Risk Advisors, Inc. office at the Culver Road Armory received approval for tax incentives from the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday.

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New York ranked third on the U.S. Green Building Council’s list of states at the forefront of green construction, with Massachusetts earning the top spot. The USGBC annual list ranks states based on the most LEED-certified gross square footage per ...

While Amazon last year paused the launch of many of its newly built facilities across the country due to changing economic conditions and apparent supply chain issues, the company said it is definitely moving forward with the suburban Rochester location.

A $3 million New York grant will allow Rochester to move forward with phases two and three of the ROC City Skate Park.

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New York will make targeted investments to spur economic opportunity and innovation, tie minimum wage increases to inflation and create 800,000 new homes over the next decade under proposals introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul during her State of the State address on Tuesday afternoon.

The Highland Hospital Foundation has named the LeFrois family as the recipient of the 2022 Heritage Award, for their long-standing support of Highland Hospital.  The LeFrois family received the award at a ceremony at the Monroe Golf Club on Dec. ...

In construction, time is money, so converting an existing structure was a critical component in the project. So, too, was collaboration between builder and architect during the design process. The project initially carried a $240 million price tag, but $13 million was shaved off along the way.

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