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Syracuse firms Terakeet, TCGplayer.com to add 242 jobs, aided by state incentives
SYRACUSE — Syracuse–based Terakeet and TCGplayer.com are expanding their workforces with some help from the state of New York. The firms are planning to create a total of 242 jobs, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced during a stop in the city on June 2. Terakeet, a software development, marketing, and brand-strategy company, is investing $2.4 million, […]
Grow Your Business by Hiring Nurturing Leaders
Many of us unconsciously believe that women in leadership roles should be like men —whether we will admit this or not. Certainly, this view has gained support in research of successful leaders. Those females who have characteristics traditionally attributed to males (i.e., competitive, ambitious, assertive, task versus interpersonally orientated, secure in holding power, and authority
The growing trend of business “bleisure trips”
Business travel was never designed to be fun. Very often, you find yourself rushing to an airport, getting off in another city, jumping in a cab, going to a hotel, meeting in the hotel’s conference room, jumping back in a cab, etc. And the next thing you know, you are sitting in the office. You
The Agency wants new HQ to serve as “one-stop” facility for business development
DICKINSON — The Agency plans to build a business and economic-development center at the south entrance of the SUNY Broome Community College campus in the town of Dickinson. The 17,000-square-foot, “one-stop” facility will include the Agency’s headquarters and house other economic and business-development partners, the Agency said in an April 26 news release. “It will
Housing Visions to use $11.5 million in state funding for Syracuse, Elmira projects
SYRACUSE — Housing Visions Consultants, Inc. will use a state award of $11.5 million to support two affordable-housing projects in Syracuse and one in Elmira. New York State’s Office of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) awarded the funding. The three projects will add 114 affordable housing units to the Housing Visions’ portfolio, Housing Visions said
Johnson Brothers Lumber completes construction of lumber-production facility in Canastota
CANASTOTA — Johnson Brothers Lumber Company has finished work on a 20,000-square-foot lumber-production facility in Canastota. The company invested more than $1.7 million and exceeded its commitment to create at least 10 new jobs, Empire State Development said in a June 3 news release announcing completion of the company expansion. Johnson Brothers Lumber is a
Seneca Knolls shopping center near Baldwinsville is sold for more than $1 million
VAN BUREN — The Seneca Knolls shopping center, located at 7250-7252 State Fair Blvd. in the town of Van Buren, recently sold for $1,025,000. The 55,022-square-foot neighborhood shopping plaza is home to the Big M Market, Dollar General, Sardo’s Pizza, and Lock One Wine & Spirts. Joyce Mawhinney MacKnight and Stephen Scuderi of Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid
Project Resources Group leases 3,000 square feet in Galson Building
DeWITT — Project Resources Group — a provider of construction management, plant damage investigation and recovery, business outsourcing, and consulting services — recently leased 3,000 square feet of office space in the Galson Building at 6601 Kirkville Road East in DeWitt. George Lee and Cory LaDuke of Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company exclusively marketed the property
NYS Real-Estate Transfer Tax on Conveyances of Real Property
In New York state, sellers who convey an interest in real property are required to pay a state real-estate transfer tax. In the usual sale of real property, the real-estate transfer tax is computed at a rate of $2 for each $500 of consideration or fractional part thereof. For example, in a transaction in which
Four Companies and More Than 1,500 Jobs are Latest in Downtown Syracuse’s Transformation
Over the last [few] weeks, we have witnessed a remarkable series of announcements relating to downtown Syracuse that many would have thought unimaginable just a few short years ago. Arcadis, Aspen Dental, Terakeet, and TCGPlayer.com have collectively announced plans to locate more than 1,500 employees in our central business district. These companies represent some of
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