Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area recently
hired former Harrisburg Senators Baseball Club assistant general manager Mark
Mattern as the organization's director of development.

Komax Systems York will break ground for a new facility in Springettsbury Township this month, the company's chief
operating officer said yesterday.

Astro Machine Works Inc. today announced plans to build a
facility near its headquarters along Wenger
Drive in Ephrata, Lancaster County.

Volvo Road Machinery, received rezoning approval for land it
will use to expand its Shippensburg plant.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

Environmentally friendly commercial properties are turning up with
increasing frequency, but the residential market is greening more
slowly.

Senior vice president of ProLogis

Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling announced it will move
to bigger digs in the Greenfield Corporate Center in East Lampeter Township this December.

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. recently announced it would move its
store within the Heritage Village Mall in Beaver Dam, Wis.

The Cumberland County engineering firm Gannett Fleming Inc. agreed
to pay $3.1 million to settle a lawsuit over a fatal accident in a Boston tunnel, but did not
admit to wrongdoing, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.

Vartan Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert J. DeSousa announced
he is leaving the Susquehanna Township-based development group.

The Graying of America via the baby boomer effect is being
felt throughout the nation.

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Philip Dobson didn't hesitate when a real estate agent asked
if he wanted to buy the Cameron mansion, a stately Victorian landmark on North Front Street
in Harrisburg
that hasn't been on the market for about 50 years.