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Burlington plans to open a new store in May in the former Toys R Us building on Hylan Drive, vacating its longtime store in the Southtown Plaza in Henrietta. The new store at 654 Hylan Drive will be 35,900 square ...

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Bausch Health Cos. Inc., the Canadian parent company of Bausch & Lomb Inc., will acquire certain assets of the bankrupted Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $195 million. A hearing to approve the sale is scheduled for March 1. “As we continue ...

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Seventeen finalists have been named for the 2019 GRQC Performance Excellence Awards. The award, hosted by Greater Rochester Quality Council, a Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Inc. affiliate, recognizes high-performing organizations in the Greater Rochester area. GRQC chose the following ...

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In a market already lacking inventory, Western New York homebuyers had even less to choose from in January, especially compared to other areas of the state. That was most evident in Monroe County, where the months supply of homes fell ...

The commercial real estate market may encounter only speed bumps in 2019, thanks to a more tempered approach to interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, lenders and brokers say. While there isn’t a lockstep correlation between a fluctuating prime ...

Five inductees have been chosen for the Rochester Music Hall of Fame’s eighth annual induction ceremony. • Jack Allocco, 11-time Emmy Award-winning composer and record producer; • Al Jardine, founding member, guitarist and vocalist for the Beach Boys; • Christine ...

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The federal Agricultural Research Services’ Grape Genetics Research Unit will be getting an updated laboratory, after receiving nearly $69 million in federal funding announced by Sen. Charles Schumer Tuesday. The unit is located at Geneva’s Cornell AgriTech, a Cornell University ...

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Charles “Chip” Murphy has been named regional vice president for Hunt Real Estate ERA in Rochester. Murphy will be responsible for leading his coverage area branches to what Hunt Real Estate calls “model region status,” which is based on metrics ...

All 129 employees at Alleson Athletic’s manufacturing operation will be laid off when the apparel plant in Henrietta closes this spring, according to a WARN posting on the New York State Department of Labor website. The worker adjustment and retaining ...

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Monday, Feb. 25 that a recently passed spending package includes $195.9 million in contract appropriations to the Harris Corp. for the manufacture of critical components in the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, otherwise known as ...

Homeless and at-risk veterans will have an opportunity to connect with essential services in Rochester at Tuesday’s annual Veterans Stand Down. The County of Monroe and Veterans Outreach Center will work with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs and other ...

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Like a rising pizza crust, new pizza restaurants continue to pop up in Rochester, the latest being a Pittsford location for an old downtown favorite: Pizza Stop. The New York-style pizzeria has opened a third location in Pittsford Plaza next ...

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Plug Power Inc., a provider of alternative energy technology based in the capitol region, has ramped up production at its American Fuel Cell facility here in a move expected to bring 80 jobs to the region. In a news conference ...

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Trying to keep a clock tower sign in keeping with neighborhood aesthetics, the city Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday denied ALDI’s proposed signage for the store it plans to open in the former Tops grocery store at North Winton and ...

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Bergmann, the Rochester-based architecture, engineering and planning firm, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide design services to the New York State Office of General Services Design & Construction Group (OSG). Bergmann has been providing architectural services to the ...