by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Jan 13, 2016
What once served as one of the oldest single-screen movie theaters in the region, the defunct and iconic Boyd Theater on Broad Street in Bethlehem, has been sold and will be restored. Bethlehem-Boyd LP, a local developer, on Dec. 31 bought the property for $1.35...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Dec 29, 2015
SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — A religious-based nonprofit dedicated to community service may soon have more space to conduct its programs. Chabad Lubavitch of Lehigh Valley, 4457 Crackersport Road, was granted variances by the South Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Dec 11, 2015
The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities has approved BB&T Corp.’s acquisition of National Penn Bancshares Inc. In August, North Carolina-based BB&T agreed to acquire Allentown-based National Penn for $1.8 billion. The deal is expected to be...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Nov 30, 2015
The owner of the Glendon Hotel said in March he hoped to sell it soon. But Palmer Township resident Albert Rutherford still owns it. And it continues to fall apart. Borough officials held off from condemning the building at 124-126 Main St. with the hope that...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Nov 18, 2015
A construction project that’s been in the planning stages since 2004 is now underway. Ashley Development Corp. of Bethlehem has started site work on Birchwood Commons, a $14 million 96-unit luxury apartment complex that will rise at the site of a former trailer...
