by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Dec 9, 2015
The Allentown Planning Commission gave developer J.B. Reilly permission Tuesday to raze half a dozen downtown buildings to make way for the $20 million upscale apartment complex known as Strata II. Situated at the southwest corner of Sixth and Linden streets, the...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Dec 4, 2015
A Lower Macungie Township man has signed a multiunit franchise and development agreement with Wok Box Fresh Asian Kitchen and secured a site for its first location in the Greater Lehigh Valley. The fast-casual restaurant began in Canada and now locations are popping...
by Tom.Skeans@svn.com | Dec 2, 2015
The nation’s largest wholesale grocery supply company is bringing at least 500 jobs to the Lehigh Valley with a $15 million expansion it plans in Northampton County. C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of Keene, N.H., said it will create at least 500 new, full-time jobs...
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...