The Dauphin County Redevelopment Authority is wrapping up a deal to take control of the former Harrisburg State Hospital grounds near Interstate 81. The authority will oversee the sale of parcels to developers for commercial construction projects.

Real estate professionals have been making what they describe as a rocky but necessary transition to a new system - called Bright MLS - for listing homes for sale in eastern Pennsylvania.

Cumberland County remains the fastest-growing county in the commonwealth, but Lebanon and Lancaster counties are not far behind.

Home construction in Cumberland County soared last year, though most of the building permits were concentrated in a few West Shore townships. Meanwhile, plan submissions for new homes dipped to a four-year low.

Martin Law Firm, a well-known firm across Pennsylvania that advocates for injured workers, has advanced into the midstate with the opening of a new office in East Pennsboro Township.

Wagman Construction has completed a stadium renovation project — a new membership club and other skybox changes — at PeoplesBank Park in York.

A New York investment company has purchased the Shoppes at Susquehanna Marketplace in Susquehanna Township for $33.5 million.

Farrah Mittel had dreams of law school and a career as a criminal prosecutor before she took a job at Schaedler Yesco Distribution, a wholesale electrical distributor in Dauphin County.

A vacant warehouse in Columbia is being renovated into commercial office space and the real estate firm behind the project aims to find interest among companies that may have trouble finding space in Lancaster city.

Classic Caramel, at 231 W. College Ave. in York, is for sale with several interested buyers, but nothing has been finalized.

Three Central Pennsylvania mayors — Eric Papenfuse of Harrisburg, Danene Sorace of Lancaster and Michael Helfrich of York — spoke about urban growth Thursday at an Urban Land Institute event in Harrisburg.

Citing a surge of buyers motivated by falling interest rates, the Realtors Association of York & Adams Counties said York County homes sales increased by 7 percent in the first quarter of the year. The association reported 1,253 home sales through March, up from 1,169 sales in the first three months of 2018. “With the ...

Kinsley Properties has acquired the former Kmart property on Haines Road in Springettsbury Township. The company is working on a plan to reuse the site, though officials are not yet saying what might be included.

Woodstream Corp. is nearing completion on its new headquarters in downtown Lancaster but is leaving real estate on its first floor open for a potential restaurant.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has named HHM as its hotel partner as part of the university's 17-story academic tower in downtown Harrisburg.