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After guiding Landsman Development Corp. for nearly 20 years, James Goff will hand off the leadership reins to Kurt Ziemendorf on Jan. 1. Ziemendorf has already assumed the role of president and will transition to CEO as well over the ...

SWBR has been recognized for its work in helping create DePaul Upper Falls Square Apartments, an affordable housing community that spans two city blocks in Rochester. The 143,000-square-foot project received the 2020 Excelsior Awards Honor Award from the New York ...

As the construction and real estate industries reopen, local leaders say lessons they learned while trying to do business during the stay-at-home orders are changing how their businesses will operate going forward. Lee Sommerman, vice president with LeChase Construction Services ...

Certain portions of the local economy have permission to fire back up operations today, but that doesn’t mean the next phase will automatically begin in 14 days. Phase 1 of reopening the Finger Lakes Region began at 12:01 a.m. for ...

Business activity came to a grinding halt in many spheres of the marketplace during the coronavirus pandemic. Hiring, however, has not. Rochester-based Fast Tracking Solutions (FTS) continues to fill positions for clients in its three sectors of focus — technology, ...

Saying it’s time to start writing a new chapter in New York’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this morning gave the go-ahead for the Finger Lakes Region to begin the phased-in reopening of the economy on Friday. ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says if the state doesn’t take a cautious, data-driven approach to reopening the economy, then a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks can be expected and further shutdowns will be necessary. Cuomo outlined the criteria necessary ...

Rep. Joe Morelle believes Congress very likely will need to pump even more money into the Paycheck Protection Program and also rescue state and local governments when lawmakers consider the next round of emergency funding to keep businesses afloat. The ...

Binge-watching a season or five of a Netflix series has been a popular way for many to pass time while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Contractors and building owners may be choosing a different way to stay busy: ...

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Hunter DeJonge, a junior at Alfred State College, has been awarded the $5,000 Reilly Family Memorial Scholarship by the Mechanical Contractors Association of America. The scholarship was established by the John W. Danforth Co. and the Mechanical Contracting Education and Research ...

In normal times, the subcontractors working for Faber Builders Inc., would have been spending the next two weeks putting the final touches on a new home for a Rochester couple. “Their house normally would have been done around the 17th ...

Construction firms large and small, forced to leave job sites on Friday when their work no longer fit the state’s definition of an essential industry, are hoping Gov. Andrew Cuomo instead will allow municipalities to determine whether building is a ...

F.F. Thompson Hospital, located in Canandaigua, has moved its intensive care unit to a new, state-of-the-art 12-bed facility. Previously, the hospital’s ICU was in a seven-bed unit. The new Sands-Constellation Intensive Care Unit opened ahead of schedule. UR Medicine Thompson ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all workers for “non-essential” businesses to stay home and threatened civil fines or mandatory closure to those employers who don’t comply. The edict goes in effect at 8 p.m. Sunday. He also said all public gatherings ...

Building-related permits and business permits can still be obtained, but the city of Rochester’s Neighborhood and Business Development Department has implemented new customer service procedures to comply with social distancing mandates. Most forms must be submitted by mail or in the ...