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Local senior living communities are taking steps to transition to a post-pandemic future and, going forward, are including some practices that were adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Bartlett, vice president of senior housing at St. John’s Home, says ...

Rochester’s Cognivue Inc. has been selected by the Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP) to participate in its pioneering Bio-Hermes clinical trial study. Also participating in the study are Eli Lilly & Co., AbbVie, Merck, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation and other ...

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Premier Packaging Corp. plans to move its operations into a new 105,000-square-foot facility to meet growing customer demand. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Document Security Systems Inc., expects to be operational in the new Henrietta space by the ...

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A new collaboration between the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will help oncologists learn whether Black and white cancer patients respond differently to a game-changing immunotherapy treatment. The collaboration also seeks to improve ...

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Foodlink on Wednesday said it will phase out its drive-thru food distribution events in Monroe County next month while expanding its food-banking partnerships and capacity during the summer months. To better support food-insecure households during the transition period, Foodlink has ...

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Buoyed by a $20 million private equity fund, Cook Properties continues to add mobile home parks to its ever-growing portfolio. The property investment firm acquired two mobile home parks in the Buffalo suburb of Lockport, Suburban Acres and Rapid Estates. ...

While some aspects within the world of real estate have returned to normal, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is changing how tenants, investors, homebuyers and lenders do business. What should our office space look like, if we even need ...

The Lake House on Canandaigua has been named one of the best new hotels in the world by Travel + Leisure. The recreated hotel, built on the site of the former Inn on the Lake, was one of 73 hotels — ...

Excelsior Communities has again expanded its rental portfolio with the acquisition of two properties in Webster from Robert Morgan and Landers Communities. Excelsior Communities, a multifamily and commercial property management company based in Rochester, acquired the Preserve at Wood Creek ...

Empire State Development has invested $250,000 in Mosaic Microsystems, a Rochester-based microelectronics and photonics packaging company. The seed investment was provided by New York Ventures, the venture capital arm of ESD. A total of $2.4 million in funding was raised ...

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Assured Edge Solutions, a custom vegetable processing and co-packing company, plans to grow its manufacturing operations at the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park in Geneva. The initiative will create up to 21 jobs and retain 14. “The Cornell Agriculture ...

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Xerox Holding Corp. on Tuesday reported mixed results, including an 8 percent decline in first-quarter sales and a 21-cent improvement in earnings. For the quarter ended March 31, the document company reported revenues of $1.71 billion, down from $1.86 billion ...

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Eastman Kodak on Monday said it has acquired the assets of ECRM Inc.’s computer-to-plate (CTP) device business for the graphic arts and newspaper industries. Based in Massachusetts, ECRM is a global leader in imaging technologies for the graphic communications industry, ...

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Coordinated Care Services Inc. this week will collaborate with the Urban League of Rochester, N.Y. Inc. and Action for a Better Community Inc. on a two-day conference focused on diversity, racial equity and inclusion. “From Theory to Practice: The Individual, ...

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American Airlines will extend its seasonal once-a-week nonstop flight from Rochester to Miami through the summer and then again over the winter months. The Saturday flights — aboard a 76-seat Embraer 175 — will be available from June 5-Aug. 14 and then ...