While the commercial segment of the midstate real estate market seems to be waiting to see if the pandemic will slow demand for office space, residential housing is seeing recovery despite a shortage in housing stock.

Ranked by Central Penn Business Journal as the second-fast growing company in Central Pennsylvania, HB Global now has 1,700-1,800 employees in all its divisions.

To keep up with burgeoning demand, Kinsley Properties is developing a new, 175,000-square foot industrial flex facility in Orchard Business Park’s Phase II, off Interstate 83 in York County.

Architects and designers are being called upon to help resolve the inherent conflicts in workplace design beyond this pandemic. The AEC industry is realizing that the community health enigma may be one of the greatest challenges in the commercial sector of their practice. 

Fifteen midstate businesses were featured on Inc. 5000’s national ranking of the fastest-growing companies.

The Hershey Co. closed on the purchase of a parcel of land in South Annville Township, Lebanon County last month that will be the grounds for a planned 800,000-square-foot warehouse and packaging center.

A 3.5-acre site in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, will be the new home for Poplar Square, a commercial center featuring a medical office, restaurant and space for up to four stores, the developer’s real estate firm announced on Wednesday.

Hershey-based childcare chain U-GRO Learning Centers opened its seventh Lancaster County location this Monday with enhanced cleaning procedures to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robert Kinsley, founder of Kinsley Construction, died Wednesday morning surrounded by his family, the York-based construction company announced in a statement this week.

The incoming Gardner Theater at Lancaster County Day School in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, was well into construction when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the state to put a hold on all non-essential construction sites.

Hillsborough, New Jersey-based Larken Associates broke ground on a new project at its Dover Township, York County apartment complex that will add 107 residential units, two new buildings for residents and a series of renovations to the current complex.

Residential and non-residential construction in Pennsylvania is set to resume May 8, but projects deemed life-sustaining continued across the commonwealth with only a short delay, including some by regional health care systems.

Pennsylvania’s construction industry will return to work May 1, one week earlier than previously announced, but will do so under safety guidelines issued by Gov. Tom Wolf.

A longtime Cumberland County construction firm has been acquired by another local firm and will merge operations by the end of the month.

From now until Jan. 21, state officials are accepting comments for Gov. Tom Wolf’s federally mandated four-year workforce development plan, which seeks to coordinate the efforts of the state's educational institutions, economic development programs and employers of the region’s major industries to create a pathway to optimal employment.