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Developer plans to buy Market Street Square for $1.2M
Bill Wellock – Citizen’s Voice -Published: June 20, 2015 WILKES-BARRE — A decade after buying the Market Street Square complex, the Redevelopment Authority of Luzerne County is selling the property for $4.6 million less than the price it paid for the site. A developer plans to pay $1.2 million for…
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…