August 2012

Local Web firm expands westward

SYRACUSE — Lerentech Solutions, LLC opened a new office in Rochester on Aug. 1 and could expand to other new cities in the future, the company’s president says. “If we get more traction, there’s no r Read More

Be Known for Something, but Not for Being a Maverick

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your minds and fear less the label of “crackpot” than the stigma of conformity. — Thomas J. Wa Read More

CountryMax revamps former bowling alley into store

CICERO — The site of a former bowling alley in Cicero has been transformed into a new CountryMax retail store after a six-month renovation project. CountryMax’s previous Cicero location was tucked at Read More

Work begins on new student apartment complex in Oswego

OSWEGO — Construction work on a new student apartment complex has kicked off in Oswego with a planned opening in the fall of 2013. Premier Living Suites will feature 18 three- and four-bedroom apartm Read More

Crouse Breast Health Center project set to wrap in September

SYRACUSE — Crouse Hospital is close to finishing a renovation and expansion of its Crouse Breast Health Center in Syracuse. Work at the center, which offers imaging services such as mammograms and fo Read More

Growing Health 2012 confab set for Binghamton Oct. 16-17

BINGHAMTON — The nonprofit Rural Health Network of South Central New York will host the Growing Health 2012 program at the Riverwalk Hotel & Conference Center in Binghamton Oct. 16-17. The event Read More

Developer begins building ‘urban infill’ houses in Ithaca

ITHACA  —  A Skaneateles developer has started work on a project that will build 29 homes on three acres of land near Cornell University in Ithaca. “These college towns throughout the Northeast are r Read More

Hunt Real Estate ERA tops $1 billion sales mark through July

Hunt Real Estate ERA, which has a major presence in the Central New York market, announced that it has generated $1 billion in residential sales year to date through July in 6,534 transactions. Sales Read More

State park attendance jumps by nearly 6 percent year to date

Visits to New York’s state parks and historic sites increased 5.6 percent in the first eight months of 2012. Almost 43.7 million people visited the state’s 178 parks and 35 historic sites from Jan. 1 Read More