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Excelsior Communities has purchased the Medical Arts Building and plans to create a live-work-play facility within the historic 10-story art deco structure.

The Action for a Better Community event addressed the laws and policies needed to repair the historical injustices done by racism, redlining and other forms of economic marginalization.

When RDG+Partners realized they had outgrown their space in Pittsford Village Green, the search began for a new home. You can only add on so many times before you reach a building’s limit. “Our old space was homey and comfortable ...

Applied Image Inc. has been purchased by Glenn Jackling, its CEO and president, from the company’s founder Bruno Glavich.

Business activity abruptly leveled off in New York in January, according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey.  

It appears 2021 ended better than it started — so says most middle market executives who participated in KeyBank’s latest Middle Market Business Sentiment Survey.

Bausch + Lomb Corp. filed to go public in the U.S. and Canada through an initial public offering late last week and one financial expert said the news will likely have little impact on the company’s local operations.   “I ...

Elizabeth Williamson has been named Artistic Director of Geva Theatre Center and is the first woman to serve in the role.   Williamson will partner with Executive Director Christopher Mannelli as co-CEO of Geva beginning in June. She will take ...

Matthew Drouin of ROC Real Capital, LLC, has joined the board of directors for the Rochester Area Chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors (NYSCAR).

Firearms remain rare finds in 2021 by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at the security checkpoint at the Frederick Douglass-Greater Rochester International Airport. Just two guns were confiscated, compared to one in 2020, and two each in 2018 and 2019. ...

More than 70 local public-school students in grades 8-12 attended the AT&T & RIT ROCtheChange Game Jam this past Saturday hosted by the School of Interactive Games and Media at RIT.   The daylong event was born out of a desire from the partners to expand ...

Leaders at Rochester-area banks are expecting that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in order to address rising inflation and consequently that it will be more expensive to do business.

Nearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Rochester region in earnest, bank lobbies are back open for business, but community banking is not quite the same.

Paychex Inc. shared the top 10 regulatory issues that employers should monitor in 2022.   The list, compiled annually by the team of regulatory compliance experts at Paychex, identifies the items that should be top of mind as business owners and HR ...

Dialogue on Disability: The Herman & Margaret Schwartz Community Series, kicks off Monday, Jan. 24.   It is a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. The initiative is supported by the ...