The leaders at York-based United Fiber & Data finished the last leg of their quest to build a fiber optic line from New York to northern Virginia last month but already are working on an extension.

Harrisburg University started Contractor U in May as a way to bolster local contractor participation in Harrisburg construction projects, including the university's 17-story educational tower getting underway this summer.

The PA Drone Association is on a mission. A burgeoning industry is literally taking off nationwide, and members of the nascent Harrisburg-based group want to ensure Pennsylvania doesn’t get left behind.

Construction is getting underway on a new hotel in Carlisle. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Tuesday for a Homewood Suites by Hilton.

A $14.2 million affordable senior housing project, dubbed Cherry Orchard Place, is getting underway in Susquehanna Township.

Harrisburg-based Reynolds Enterprises has seen continued growth in its energy-services work since joining a private-equity portfolio called SiteLogiQ last year. CEO David Angle expects more energy work ahead.

Wormleysburg-based IDP expects to submit land development plans this month for 120 new apartments near Ever Grain Brewing in Hampden Township. The apartment project is part of a broader master plan at the Carlisle Pike and St. Johns Church Road.

Members 1st Federal Credit Union has proposed a three-story, 172,000-square-foot headquarters in Hampden Township. The Cumberland County credit union has hired Greenfield Architects and Mowery to design and oversee construction of the proposed project, which needs township approval.

Robert Latham, 62, joined Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, the state’s highway construction trade association, in 2001.

Compliance Navigation Specialists plans to relocate the bulk of its operations from its facility in Warwick Township to a new facility in Manheim Township by the end of 2020.

The Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp. has a new leader starting in June. County officials said Jamie Keener has been hired to fill the role of CEO, effective June 10.

A new commercial development is taking shape at Mt. Zion and Concord Roads near Route 30 in Springettsbury Township. Royal Farms and Burger King will be the first tenants to open.

Lancaster County-based High Real Estate Group is breaking ground Wednesday on a $30 million luxury apartment complex in Chester County.

Bobby Rahal Lexus is expanding east to Lancaster County. The luxury car dealer will open its third location next year on the Oregon Pike in West Earl Township.

Shaner Hotel Group has started construction on a 108-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.