General contractor Richard D. Poole is nearing completion of
a slow-motion deal to be acquired, said Chief Executive Officer Rick Poole. Site
contractor Stewart & Tate Inc. bought an equity stake in Richard D. Poole
in 2003 and will purchase the remainder of the company by the end of this year, Rick Poole said.

It's been more than 30 years since the Central Market in
downtown Lancaster
has received a facelift. That's a long time for the country's oldest
continuously operating farmers' market.

Three years ago, Facilities Planners Architects Inc. faced
big challenges in designing CBHNP's office in Dauphin County:
arduous setback requirements, CBHNP's rapid growth and tight time and budget
constraints.

In response to "Commercial development grows slowly in Lancaster County," in the Aug. 8 edition:

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

Two new stores are slated for Park
City Center in Lancaster County.

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania ruled that the Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA), its
subsidiary Builders Services Inc. (BSI) and trustees of the group's benefit
trust must restore $5 million to the association's benefit trust, and pay a

Wormleysburg-based Harsco Corp. received a $20-million
contract extension for scaffolding and work platforms being used in the
painting of a historic bridge in Scotland.

Cumberland County commissioners warned that a foundation raising
money for an Army museum near Carlisle must show more progress or risk losing
taxpayer assistance.

About 40 business and industry leaders from around the state
met in Harrisburg this morning to discuss
initiatives to bolster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
education in Pennsylvania.

The future of downtown York
looked as solid last night as the columns that guard the entrance to the York
Water Co.'s ornate headquarters.

More high-end condominiums are coming to downtown York courtesy of a
Gettysburg-based developer, York officials said today.

Ranked by local office-furniture sales

Parts of a stucco wall have been chipped off to expose a
building's original brick and stonework down an alley off Prince Street in Lancaster.

A second Davenport's Italian
Oven Restaurant recently opened, at the Capital City Mall in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland
County, owner Kell
Davenport said.