Old Ritter & Smith Site Gets Preliminary Approval

A senior living facility proposed for a former lumberyard in Allentown received preliminary approval from the city’s Planning Commission on Tuesday. Madison Gardens, a proposed 100-unit facility for people ages 62 and older, would be built by Home Leasing LLC of...

National Penn Moving to Allentown

National Penn Bancshares Inc. will be building an 11-story, 300,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Allentown and a 48,000-square-foot business center outside of Reading as part of a corporate relocation plan it announced this morning. Artist’s rendering...

Lehigh Valley Businesses more optimistic about 2012

KAA, January 24, 2012   We survey Lehigh Valley businesses on a quarterly basis, and collect around 700 observations per year. The Employment and Purchasing Index for the Lehigh Valley shows the results of these surveys. In January 2011 we conducted our 48th...

Harvard Study Warns of Rent Bubble

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2011 For renters, the national recovery could be very bad news. That warning came from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ latest report on America’s rental housing. Rental markets are now tightening, with vacancy rates falling and...