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Propel leases 5,200 square feet at DeWitt office building
DeWITT — Propel Network LLC recently leased 5,213 square feet of space at the professional office building located at 15 Technology Place in the town of DeWitt. William Evertz and Cory LaDuke from Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company brokered this lease transaction. Financial terms were not provided. Propel Network, which does business as Propel Pharmacy […]
Onondaga County hotel occupancy rate jumps nearly 16 percent in June
Hotels in Onondaga County saw a surge in guests in June compared to the year-ago month, according to a new report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 15.8 percent to 74.0 percent in June from 63.9 percent a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based

Craftsman Inn renovation nearing the homestretch
MANLIUS — After months of renovation work, the Craftsman Inn and Suites’ updated and upgraded look is starting to come into focus. Work is complete on the hotel section of the property, where a more open lobby greets visitors. Labor continues in the suites section of the hotel and in the restaurant and banquet areas,
Spencer cable company formally rebrands as Haefele Connect
SPENCER — Haefele Connect, a cable company based in Tioga County, recently rebranded from its former name of Haefele TV Inc. Haefele Connect celebrated with a ribbon-cutting event with the Tioga Chamber of Commerce and the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce. The cable company hired Blink Digital to help with the redesign of the
NBT Bancorp to pay quarterly dividend of 25 cents in mid-September
NORWICH — NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) recently announced that its board of directors has approved a third-quarter 2018 cash dividend of 25 cents a share. The dividend will be paid on Sept. 14, to shareholders of record as of Aug. 31. It’s the same amount that NBT paid last quarter when the banking company

Auburn to organize plan for spending $10M in Downtown Revitalization Initiative
AUBURN — The City of Auburn will soon begin the process of developing a “strategic-investment plan to revitalize” its downtown area. The state has awarded the Cayuga County community $10 million in funding as the Central New York winner of the third round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Auburn will use up to $300,000

Owego’s Tom Ash Agency adds second location in Endwell
ENDWELL — The Tom Ash Agency, based in Owego in Tioga County, has expanded into Broome County with a new office in the hamlet of Endwell. The independent insurance agency plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 11:00 a.m. to formally open the new
Terakeet appoints Fraas as chief people officer
SYRACUSE — Terakeet, a Syracuse–based enterprise search-engine optimization (SEO) company, announced it has hired Lynn Fraas as its chief people officer, responsible for leading the firm’s human resource department. Fraas comes to Terakeet most recently from PeopleStrategy, where she served as chief operating officer. She previously was group VP of talent strategy at SapientRazorfish and

Bonadio Group has a new dress code, ‘Dress for Your Day’
The Bonadio Group has announced a new dress-code policy that the Rochester–based accounting firm is calling “Dress for Your Day” and referring to as an “employee benefit.” The start of the new dress-code policy coincided with the summer of 2018, but it will serve as the new employee policy for workplace wear at all of the

USI Insurance leases Salina Meadows Parkway office space
SALINA — USI Insurance Services recently leased 3,547 square feet of professional office space at 220 Salina Meadows Parkway in the Salina Meadows corporate office park. Brian Balash and Samuel Vulcano of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company brokered this lease transaction, the real-estate firm said in a news release. Financial terms were not provided. USI
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