Recently added articles from The Business Journal - Central New York:
Burst of building a boost for downtown
Sep 12, 2008; Anonymous ... The Central New York Business Journal's Assistant Editor Maria Carbonaro recently talked with David A. Urciuoli, vice president of development for the Pioneer Cos., a Syracuse-based real-estate development firm that constructs, owns, manages, and leases properties throughout the country ....
JPW shifts focus to wind projects
Sep 12, 2008; Tampone, Kevin ... DeWITT - A booming business in repairing and constructing wind turbines prompted JPW Riggers, Inc. to sell some of its equipment to The C&S Cos. The companies announced the deal Sept. 2. Financial terms were not disclosed. DeWitt-based JPW sold two 90-ton cranes, one 50-ton ...
Menorah Park aims to match grant award for expansion project
Sep 12, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... DeWITT - Nearly a century after it was founded, Menorah Park Senior Living Community, at 4101 E. Genesee St. in DeWitt, is raising funding for an expansion and renovation project providing additional services on its senior living campus. The Foundation at Menorah Park, the fundraising ...
Survey: Most upstate contractors feel good about economy
Sep 12, 2008; Tampone, Kevin ... SYRACUSE - A slight majority of upstate New York contractors in a recent survey feel optimistic about the economy. The Bonadio Group's 2008 Contractors State of the Industry Study for upstate New York found that 51 percent of the contractors surveyed felt either very optimistic or ...
Tessy plans more expansion
Sep 12, 2008; Schofield, Ashley ... ELBRIDGE - Tessy Plastics Corp. plans to add a $2 million, 40,000-square-foot medical-manufacturing addition to its manufacturing plant in Elbridge. The company intended to break ground on a separate $16 million medical building last June, but the project was put on hold because of a ...
National job cuts decline in August
Sep 12, 2008; Anonymous ... Employers announced plans to reduce their work forces by 88,736 jobs in August, 14 percent fewer than the 103,312 job cuts announced in July, according to the latest national job-cut report issued by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., However, last ...
Heavy workload brings Delaney Group to CNY
Sep 12, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... SALINA - The Delaney Group, Inc., a Gloversville, N.Y.-based construction firm, figures if it's making money in Central New York, it ought to have a physical presence in the area. "About a third of our revenue is coming out of this area," says Jeffrey Lantiegne, area manager in the ...
Tim Hortons begins CNY launch
Sep 12, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... SYRACUSE - Tim Hortons, Inc. (NYSE: THI) - a Canadian quick-service restaurant chain specializing in coffee, baked goods, and homestyle lunches - has opened two locations in Central New York and has plans to open four more restaurants. The Tim Hortons location at 141 Clinton Ave. in ...
Hiscock & Barclay eases into NYC
Sep 12, 2008; Tampone, Kevin ... SYRACUSE - It's been more than a year since Hiscock & Barclay, LLP first decided to make the leap into the New York City market. The firm's managing partner, John Langan, has spent the months since last summer traveling between the firm's Syracuse headquarters and New York, learning ...
Syracuse hopes to ride 'The Express' to economic score
Sep 05, 2008; Schofield, Ashley ... Syracuse tourism and university officials are banking on a Hollywood movie to provide an economic jolt. The Sept. 12 world premiere of "The Express," based on the story of former Syracuse University (SU) football star Ernie Davis, will have both a short-term and long-term economic impact on the ...
Study: More employers offering wellness-program incentives
Sep 05, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... The number of major U.S. employers offering incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose nearly 10 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to a recent national report. The report finds the number of companies offering workers wellness incentives increased from ...
Premier Recruitment Group expands into Syracuse market
Sep 05, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... SYRACUSE - After nine years of serving the Rochester and Buffalo areas, Premier Recruitment Group is now focusing its professional staffing efforts on the Syracuse market. Premier is a full-service firm, says Jeffrey Leone, the managing partner for the Syracuse market. He says the firm's ...
Employers turning to cost-sharing for drug benefits
Sep 05, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... More employers nationwide are having their workers pay a greater portion of their prescription-drug benefit as a long-term strategy to control employee-benefit costs, according to a new survey from Buck Consultants, a New York City-based human resources and benefits consulting ...
Brown & Brown acquires insurance operations of Shaughnessy Agency
Sep 05, 2008; Tampone, Kevin ... SYRACUSE - Brown & Brown Empire State has acquired the assets of a small Syracuse insurance agency in a move it believes will boost its personal insurance business. And more deals may be on the way. The acquisition of Shaughnessy Agency, Inc. closed Aug. 29 and took effect Sept. 1 ....
Businesses filling vacancies in Ithaca Commons
Sep 05, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... ITHACA - Five businesses are moving into new homes in the Ithaca Commons, according to the Downtown Ithaca Alliance. They include a gift shop, a specialty clothing store, and a skateboarding shop, all of which are expanding, says Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca ...
Pioneer brokers sale of O'Brien & Gere building
Sep 05, 2008; Tampone, Kevin ... DeWITT - Although The Pioneer Cos. brokered the sale of O'Brien & Gere's 186,000-square-foot Brittonfield Parkway headquarters last week, the firm was ready and willing to buy the building itself, its president says. Pioneer, a real-estate development and management company, and ...
Metro Paper expands Carthage plant
Sep 05, 2008; Hogan, Annette ... CARTHAGE - A Canadian company, called Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, is investing $2 million in new equipment and an expanded work force at its Metro Paper Industries of N.Y. Inc. unit in Carthage. The 240,000-square-foot plant at 695 West End Ave. in Carthage had space available ...
Watertown mall's win in union-access case clarifies rules
Sep 05, 2008; Reinhardt, Eric ... WATERTOWN - Private property and business owners in New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire now have a better idea of what criteria can be used to determine if a non-employee union organizer should be allowed on their property. In a July 18 ruling, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ...