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Hilton Scranton looks for buyers
By David Falchek / STAFF WRITER Published: May 22, 2015 The owners of the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center have placed the 175-room hotel on the market. The building is unpriced, according to the listing by Hospitality Real Estate Counselors, a Denver-based brokerage specializing in lodging. Glenn Gistis of Boston-based…
Community leaders: Mall at Steamtown must adapt
LAURA FAY, STAFF WRITER (Scranton Times-Tribune) Published: May 10, 2015 Community leaders look at the Mall at Steamtown and see possibilities in the empty store windows and vacant restaurant counters. There are about 50 tenants in 85 storefronts, according to a count by BusinessWeekly, and not all are retailers. Just…
Popular artist takes lease on Watres Armory
Published: April 26, 2015 — The Times – Tribune An American artist known for colorful pictures of birds and rabbits and a compulsion for collecting is leasing the Watres Armory in Scranton and pledges to preserve the building. What Hunt Slonem, the Manhattan-based artist, will do with the building is…