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The ongoing shortage of skilled-trade workers in the construction industry continues to impact new home prices nationwide. In a survey of contractors for the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, 87 percent said the labor shortage has ...

A Henrietta lender that specializes in providing funding to real estate developers claims in court papers that a Robert Morgan limited liability company — as well as several family members and corporate executives in his firm — have defaulted on ...

The owner of the former Medley Centre in Irondequoit is hoping facility maintenance and a facelift will entice new tenants to call the vacant property home. Developer Angelo Ingrassia, who bought the former mall three and a half years ago, ...

Work to rehabilitate four century-old Erie Canal bridges in Wayne County has begun. The $7.1 million project by the New York State Department of Transportation, which is expected to take two years to complete, will enhance safety, improve mobility and ...

Employment in Rochester’s construction sector grew by 7 percent in May compared to May 2018, the largest jump in the state. The various segments of the Rochester construction industry added 1,600 jobs, pushing total employment to 23,100 in May, according ...

As soon as a birthday party at Wickham Farms ended Sunday afternoon, the staff started dismantling the building in preparations to move. The popular agricultural-entertainment business closed last week temporarily to move around the corner to 1315 Sweets Corners Road ...

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Thirty years after building the first property in the Microtel chain, Spoleta Construction is back in the hotel development business. Spoleta is finalizing plans to build, and then operate, the first dual-brand hotel in the Rochester area on property the ...

The vast openness and emptiness of the acres of grassland at Home Team Sports Park in Chili will be transformed into golf party central when World Long Drive brings the ROC City Rumble to town later this month. Then it ...

A state appeals court’s split ruling on an aspect of the proposed Whole Foods project in Brighton is a victory for everyone, if you hear the various sides tell it. The appeal, filed by the Clover/Allen’s Creek Neighborhood Association against ...

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The neighborhood spoke and developer Angelo Ingrassia listened. Again. Ingrassia today announced his plans to again scale back the redevelopment of the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School property, including a reduced housing footprint and the elimination of an underground ...

Luxury senior apartment living is coming to Pittsford in a big way. Friendly Senior Living will expand its footprint at Jefferson Road and Clover Street with the Terraces at Cloverwood, a $64 million independent living community that will feature the ...

Six business leaders will be inducted into the Rochester Business Hall of Fame for 2019, representing four businesses whose leaders will take their place among the 127 others who have been lauded for their contributions to Rochester. The new inductees ...

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ADMAR Construction Equipment & Supplies has opened a branch in Pittsburgh, the 10th location for the Brighton-based firm. ADMAR rents and sells construction equipment, with products from more than 50 manufacturers. The Pittsburgh location enables the company to more efficiently ...

Abby Reinhard admits it’s at first a little difficult to draw a parallel between her educational background and the business she chose to own and operate.

Students in the optics technology program at Monroe Community College often have job offers before they complete their degree or certificate. Now some of the 120 optics companies in Rochester are also reaching into local high schools. The students either ...

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