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The sparkling new Courtyard by Marriott at the corner of East Avenue and Alexander Street looks nothing like the hotel it replaced. John Billone knows that very well. He and his brothers, Tom and Joe, partners in Flower City Development, ...

LeChase Construction Services LLC has partnered with Wegmans Food Markets Inc. on an initiative that will directly impact nonprofits and the people they serve in the Greater Rochester region. Built United was launched to provide direct construction and building services ...

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The delegation of lawmakers representing Rochester in the New York State Senate and Assembly last week trumpeted the passing of long-stalled legislation that will allow for the modernization of Rochester City School District facilities. The persuasive work of senators and ...

Enabling residents to have meaningful input into the long overdue transformation of the Bull’s Head neighborhood is critical to project success, a member panel form the Urban Land Institute told city leaders and residents on Thursday morning. From grab-and-go ethnic ...

Rochester is quickly growing into a cycling city. Rochester recently ranked 22nd of 200 cities nationwide in LawnStarter’s 2021’s Best Biking Cities in America. Rankings were based on 18 key indicators that include length of bike lanes, the share of ...

Just one day after the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) Board of Directors approved incentives for a $345 million solar project in the town of Byron and construction of a Plug Power Inc. facility at the Science Technology and Advanced ...

Passage of the $475 million Rochester School Modernization Program will provide thousands of critical infrastructure construction jobs, but more importantly, the students in the city school district will have more of the necessary tools to thrive. “This is about educational ...

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Construction is underway on a $21 million affordable housing development in Chili. Hubbard Springs Apartments is a project spearheaded by Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc. The development will provide 72 energy-efficient homes for families, including 11 apartments ...

From the conference room in the Humboldt Street office of Bay Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Corp., John DiProsa can look out the window and see East High School. Some 60 years ago, DiProsa earned his high school diploma from East ...

The single-family, custom-home construction division of Riedman Companies has received certification that it meets the internationally recognized standard for quality management systems. The ISO 9001:2015 certification comes after extensive documentation as well as internal and external audits of marketing, sales, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed devastation upon a Rochester economy where economic growth had already been hampered for years by external factors. But slowly, we’re seeing businesses get back on their feet, and capital projects and construction sites remobilizing, but economic ...

Morrell Builders is creating a new residential facility for The Healing Connection within the Alpine Ridge Community. Morrell Builders purchased a parcel of land and existing home adjacent to Alpine Ridge. The renovated property will house The Healing Connection, which ...

With Amazon threatening to put the kibosh on plans for a $412 million project in Gates, Monroe County’s economic development agency Tuesday morning granted a waiver that will allow the retail behemoth to employ a percentage of non-local construction workers. ...

Construction on the second phase of Main Street Streetscape begins today in downtown Rochester. Upgrades on the stretch of East Main Street from the corner of South Avenue/St. Paul Street westward to the Four Corners intersection of State Street/Exchange Boulevard ...

Empire State Development has launched a database of economic incentives. The database is an accessible, searchable catalog of ESD’s economic development projects that is designed to increase transparency into projects that receive the organization’s financial support. “The Database of Economic ...

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