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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

Shopping center in Elbridge sold for $320,000
ELBRIDGE — The outdoor shopping center located at 233 E. Main Street in Elbridge was recently sold. Foxtrot Lima Enterprises purchased the more than 16,000-square-foot retail strip center in December for $320,000 from Kano Enterprise LLC as an investment property. Elaina Pirro of Cushman & Wakefield/ Pyramid Brokerage Company represented the buyer in this transaction,

Pet Containment of New York leases DeWitt space
DeWITT — Pet Containment of New York recently leased 1,505 square feet of office and service space located at 6838 Ellicott Drive in DeWitt. Cory LaDuke of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company represented the tenant in this lease transaction, per a release from the real-estate firm. Oliva Properties owns the Ellicott Drive property — which
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