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W-B developer buys historic Scranton building for $3.3 million
An area real estate developer bought the historic Oppenheim Building in downtown Scranton for $3.3 million. DDCP Oppenheim LLC, a holding company affiliated with D&D Realty, bought the building at 401 Lackawanna Ave. and the adjacent Lewis and Reilly Building from three New York City partners who acquired the bank-owned…
New hotel near arena among projects underway in W-B Twp.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Construction work on another hotel continues on a prime piece of land near Mohegan Sun Arena. J&M Construction Specialty Inc. of Williamsport is building the four-story, 110-room Residence Inn off Highland Park Boulevard. The contractor has been pouring concrete footers and construction is expected to be nearly…
Gas company spared no expense on downtown Scranton’s best office building, now it’s for sale at a fraction of what it cost
Downtown Scranton’s only Class A office space never got the chance to be what it was built for — the glittering headquarters for the Southern Union Co. gas company. Now Southern Union’s $16 million investment is for sale at a price less than a quarter of what the company spent…