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Economic development in the face of fiscal crisis
The future of economic development in downtown Scranton looks like an Exodus — but of the biblical kind, not that of a blockbuster Hollywood movie. As the city struggles with fiscal stability, a clear pattern is forming. Many employers large and small — Vaxserve; Joyce Perih, DDS; Tom Hesser Nissan;…
Old Globe store empty, for sale.
One of downtown Scranton’s largest buildings, the former Globe Store, is available for sale or lease as the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce launches an aggressive marketing program to fill the historic structure. Officially known as the MetroTech Center since the chamber’s Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co. purchased it in…
Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority moves to sell Wilkes-Barre’s Market Street Square
WEST PITTSTON — The Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority took another step Tuesday in trying to sell the Market Street Square property in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Authority board members approved an exclusive listing contract with Hinerfeld Realty, Scranton, to market the vacant, rundown former train station that in recent years housed a…