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Oneida Indian Nation announces Turning Stone expansion project
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Tri-County Medical joins MVHS Medical Group
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Syracuse University appoints committee to identify next dean of Whitman School
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Colgate extends contract of school president Casey through 2030
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People news: FLH names new LTC assistant administrator
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area was unchanged in August compared to July but was significantly higher than a year ago. That’s according to the latest Zumper National Rent Report, issued on Aug. 29. The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region was
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area was unchanged in August compared to July but was significantly higher than a year ago.
That’s according to the latest Zumper National Rent Report, issued on Aug. 29.
The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region was $880 in August, unchanged from July rent levels, but was still 6 percent higher than the $830 median price posted in August 2021, according to Zumper, an apartment-rental listings website.
The median rental rate for two-bedroom units in the Syracuse area was $1,220 in August, down 6.2 percent from $1,300 in July, but was up 18.4 percent from $1,030 in the year-prior month.
Syracuse now ranks as tied for the 91st most expensive rental market (or tied for 8th least expensive) among the top 100 metro areas by population, according to the report.
The Zumper National Rent Report analyzes rental data from more than 1 million active listings across the U.S. The company aggregates the data monthly to calculate median asking rents for the top 100 metro areas.
Broome County hotel occupancy rises nearly 4 percent in July
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels welcomed more overnight guests in July than the year-prior month, but the increase was below the gains seen earlier in the year. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 3.7 percent to 69.9 percent in July, according to STR, a Tennessee–based
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels welcomed more overnight guests in July than the year-prior month, but the increase was below the gains seen earlier in the year.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 3.7 percent to 69.9 percent in July, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the smallest year-over year increase so far in 2022, as the occupancy gains in the prior six months ranged from nearly 16 percent to more than 45 percent. Year to date, occupancy is up 22.3 percent to 60.3 percent.
Broome County’s revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, went up 17.2 percent to $80.43 in July versus the year-ago month. Through the first seven months of the year, RevPar jumped 46.4 percent to $62.67.
Average daily rate (ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, climbed 13.1 percent to $115.05 in the county in the seventh month of 2022, compared to July 2021. So far this year, ADR is up 19.7 percent to $103.97.
Onondaga County hotels post nearly 23% occupancy rise so far in 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels hosted substantially more guests in the first seven months of 2022 as the hospitality and travel and leisure industries fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 22.7 percent to 56.5 percent year
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels hosted substantially more guests in the first seven months of 2022 as the hospitality and travel and leisure industries fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report.
The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 22.7 percent to 56.5 percent year to date through July, compared to the same period in 2021.That’s according to a report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, soared more than 54 percent to $64.98 year to date, through July of this year. RevPar rose more than 50 percent in six of the first seven individual months.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, went up nearly 26 percent to $114.96 through the first seven months of 2022. Only July (at 17.3 percent) saw an ADR increase of less than 25 percent among the individual months.
New York oat production is forecast to jump more than 36 percent this year
New York farms are expected to produce 2.69 million bushels of oats this year, up 36.5 percent from 1.97 million bushels in 2021, according to an Aug. 1 forecast from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Yield per acre for oats in New York state is forecast to rise 1.5 percent to 69 bushels
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New York farms are expected to produce 2.69 million bushels of oats this year, up 36.5 percent from 1.97 million bushels in 2021, according to an Aug. 1 forecast from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Yield per acre for oats in New York state is forecast to rise 1.5 percent to 69 bushels per acre in 2022 from 68 bushels last year, the USDA NASS reports.
Area harvested for oats in the Empire State is expected to be 39,000 acres this year, up 34.5 percent from 29,000 acres in 2021.
National oat production is forecast to jump almost 32 percent to 52.6 million bushels in 2022, compared to more than 39.8 million bushels last year, according to the USDA.
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