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LeChase Construction to acquire Lendlease offices in Syracuse and North Carolina
LeChase Construction Services, LLC of Rochester will acquire “select construction-business assets” from Lendlease Americas Inc. in both Syracuse and the Raleigh–Durham area of North Carolina.

People news: M&T Bank promotes Weichert to team leader for commercial real estate
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank has appointed Lindsay M. Weichert as senior relationship manager and team leader for commercial real estate. She brings more than

Original Grain to open in Pike Block space that Tim Hortons vacated
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new restaurant called Original Grain plans to open June 13 in the former Tim Hortons space of the Pike Block building

Gillibrand urges HUD to designate Utica as federal promise zone
UTICA, N.Y. — The city of Utica should be a federal “promise zone,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand contends. She wants the U.S. Department of Housing

OHA awards Ed Riley, Hotel Syracuse restorer, its OHA Medal Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) awarded Ed Riley its OHA Medal Award during an event Thursday morning at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown,

Generations Bank to renovate Seneca Falls office in $1.2 million project
SENECA FALLS — Generations Bank plans to renovate its “flagship” branch office located at 19 Cayuga St. in Seneca Falls. The first phase of this two-phase project was slated to begin April 25, Generations Bank said in a news release. Geneva–based Mittiga Construction Co. is handling the $1.2 million project, Katie MacIntyre, assistant VP and

Upstate Shredding to acquire Empire Recycling’s Watertown location
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Upstate Shredding, LLC and sister company Weitsman Recycling is expanding into the Watertown market with the purchase of Empire Recycling Corp.’s scrapyard

Kung Fu Tea to open at Destiny USA in June
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kung Fu Tea, a New York City–based tea shop chain specializing in bubble tea flavors, will open a store at Destiny USA
Two North Country resorts awarded loans for capital projects
Two Northern New York resorts will use loans totaling $600,000 to help pay for improvement projects. The board of the North Country Economic Development Fund

U.S. economic growth slows to 0.5 percent in first quarter
U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of the year, with the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increasing by just 0.5 percent,
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