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Parts of Onondaga County enter COVID-19 yellow zone amid rising cases
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that parts of Onondaga County are now designated a yellow zone micro-cluster in the state’s effort to combat rising

City of Fulton receives NYCOM Local Government Achievement Award for Block Builders program
FULTON, N.Y. — The New York State Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) announced it has selected the City of Fulton as one of four winners of its Local Government Achievement Award for 2020. The awards program, in its 33rd year, recognized Fulton for its Block Builders Program. Fulton’s Block Builders Program is a revitalization initiative that

JUMO Process Control buys DeWitt building for $1.05M
DeWITT, N.Y. — JUMO Process Control, Inc. recently purchased the 20,803-square-foot industrial building at 6724 Joy Road in DeWitt for $1.05 million. Mark Rupprecht and Marty Dowd of CBRE/Syracuse were the exclusive listing brokers in this sale. JUMO Process Control was represented by Rupprecht in the transaction. The property was previously occupied by Downtown Decorations,

Cree still targeting 2022 to begin production at Mohawk Valley Fab site near Utica
MARCY, N.Y. — Durham, North Carolina–based Cree, Inc. expects that production will begin in 2022 at the upcoming Mohawk Valley Fab at the Marcy Nanocenter on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus near Utica. Company, state, and local officials on Oct. 29 gathered at the site for a beam signing and “topping off” ceremony acknowledging “the

Cree Mohawk Valley Fab site near Utica on track to begin production in 2022
MARCY, N.Y. — Construction remains on schedule for Cree Inc.’s Mohawk Valley Fab at the Marcy Nanocenter on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus near Utica.

Broome Tioga talent task force says pandemic will affect workforce development going forward
DICKINSON, N.Y. — Participants in the Broome Tioga talent task force say that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a lasting impact on workforce development in

New York home sales climbed 12 percent in September
Pending sales skyrocketed ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors closed on the sale of 13,322 previously-owned homes in September, up 12.2 percent from the 11,878 homes sold in September 2019, amid strong buyer interest as the market emerged from the worst effects of the pandemic. Pending home sales jumped 49.3 percent to 16,813 in September from

Salt City Market opening pushed back to early 2021 on pandemic-related equipment delay
SYRACUSE — A pandemic-related equipment delay has pushed back the upcoming opening of the Salt City Market, which remains under construction at 484 S. Salina St. in downtown Syracuse. A factory in Texas, which is assembling the equipment, has been operating at 50 percent capacity, which resulted in the delay, Maarten Jacobs, the project’s executive

Welliver recognized for preservation work on Cornell fraternity house
ITHACA, N.Y. — Welliver, a construction firm based in Montour Falls, announced that it was recently recognized for its work in the reconstruction and preservation of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) house on the campus of Cornell University. Historic Ithaca Inc. presented the 2020 Preservation Award in front of the fraternity house in Ithaca, Welliver

Binghamton University to convert former Gannett printing plant into a library annex
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — The former Gannett newspaper-printing plant in Johnson City was recently sold to the Binghamton University Foundation for $4.5 million. The 97,000-square-foot-building, situated on 10 acres at 10 Gannett Drive, was purchased by the foundation, the fundraising arm of the university. Rick Searles and Peter Finn of the real-estate firm, CBRE, exclusively
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