Cumberland County home-improvement company West Shore Home continues to expand its operations. The company opened a larger call center in Hampden Township this year to support its East Coast growth.

York has five census tracts included in the federal opportunity zone program, which is designed to spark investments in distressed communities.

Six of Harrisburg’s 14 census tracts are designated as qualified opportunity zones, opening up large swaths of real estate across the capital city for new investment.

Officials and real estate professionals in Columbia, Lancaster County believe the potential for development there can be just as good as it is in bigger markets because of the borough’s federally designated opportunity zones, which include most of the downtown.

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is looking at three possible expansions to Lancaster General Hospital that together would be the largest expansion in the Duke Street hospital’s history.

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.