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CEO FOCUS: Celebrating transformation underway in Oswego County
VIEWPOINT CEO FOCUS On Thursday, Feb. 13, the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GOFCC) will host its 2020 annual meeting, presented by Exelon Generation.
Syracuse one-bedroom apartment rent prices fell nearly 15 percent from a year ago
SYRACUSE — The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area fell almost 15 percent in January compared to the year-prior month. That’s according to the February 2020 national rent report from Zumper, an apartment-rental listings website. The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region declined 14.9 percent to

Site prep work underway on City Harbor project in Ithaca
ITHACA — Site-preparation work has started in Ithaca for City Harbor, a mixed-use project “promoting wider access” to Cayuga Lake, according to its project team. Developers plan to break ground on the project in May, with construction for its first phase set to take about a year and a half, per a news release about

New York, Central New York home sales rise in December
New York realtors sold 11,126 previously owned homes in December, an increase of 3.3 percent from 10,768 homes sold in December 2018. For the full year, realtors statewide sold 131,656 existing homes, down 1.1 percent from 133,108 homes in 2018. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR)’s December housing-market report issued
Away From The Office — Permanently?
How Working Remotely Is Changing Real Estate A corner office isn’t what it once was. No office is. Technology has made it easier than ever for people to work remotely, handling their jobs from wherever they happen to be at any moment. That flexibility affects more than just how people schedule their lives and work

Higher Ed Insight leases office at ShareCuse
SYRACUSE — Higher Ed Insight (HEI), a Washington, D.C.–based research and consulting firm for the higher-education field, recently leased a private office in ShareCuse, downtown Syracuse’s newest coworking space. Alec Sessa, a real-estate salesperson with JF Real Estate and space manager of ShareCuse, handled this lease transaction. John Archaki of HEI has been a member

Oneida County will pay for $7M road-improvement project in Marcy to support Cree’s development
MARCY, N.Y. — Oneida County announced it will fund a $7 million construction project to improve the SUNY-Marcy Parkway in order to support Cree’s development

Oneida Nation buys Verona hotel, will rebrand it as Sandstone Hollow Inn
VERONA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation announced it has acquired the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham in Verona and will rebrand the hotel

FEMA awards nearly $1.4M to restore River Walk West in Oswego
FEMA is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “The flooding of Lake Ontario in 2017 and again this year has devastated shoreline communities

Oneida Nation to formally open Yellow Brick Road Casino & Sportsbook expansion on Feb. 11
CHITTENANGO, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation says it will formally open its “multi-million” dollar, expanded entertainment area at Yellow Brick Road Casino & Sportsbook
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