A Lancaster
County retirement
community plans to build a residential development that promotes a communal
lifestyle among older adults. It is believed to be the first time such a
development for seniors has been developed in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg University reached its 20 percent threshold for
hiring minority-owned businesses and 5 percent goal for hiring women-owned
firms to build the school's new facility in downtown Harrisburg.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

Weis Markets Inc. announced that it plans to spend $80
million on capital expenditures during the next year. That is a 23 percent increase
over the $64.2 million the grocery-store company spent in 2007.

Harsco Corp. named Chief Executive Officer Salvatore D.
Fazzolari chairman of the company.

A popular national fondue restaurant chain is bringing a
franchise to Swatara
Township this fall.

The public will get a look next week at the second phase of PennDOT's U.S. Route 15/state Route 581 interchange
reconstruction in Camp Hill, Cumberland
County.

His fingers keyed e-mails and reminders into a BlackBerry just before a 9 a.m. construction meeting started in downtown York.

Over the past five decades, new homes have changed dramatically. Small,
one-story bungalows of less than 1,000 square feet with two bedrooms
and a single bathroom have given way to two-story homes topping 2,400
square feet and boasting at least three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Along the way, new homes have evolved to levels of comfort and
sophistication that were virtually unimaginable even a generation ago.

As with any project that involves construction, obtaining
environmental clearances is essential to successfully completing the
job. One such environmental regulation that could delay project
schedules and or affect the feasibility and costs of your project
involves protecting the bog turtle.

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Harrisburg-based Brinjac Engineering finished its
engineering work on the new green Gettysburg
Museum and Visitor Center.

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Mayors of Harrisburg and York offered
state-of-the-city talks recently, and both Stephen Reed and John Brenner tried
to put the best face on their efforts to revitalize their respective cities.