The Penn State Health Muhlenberg Outpatient Center’s primary care practice is now open in a newly renovated 11,400-square-foot facility. The center was previously located at 3407 N. 5th Street Highway in Temple.

First Citizens Community Bank, a Mansfield-based financial institution, named a new leader to spearhead market strategies in the south-central Pennsylvania region.

After five months of talks, Alvernia University and I-LEAD, Inc. have signed a purchase and sale agreement that will allow university to take over a building at 401 Penn Street in downtown Reading.

The I-LEAD charter school in Reading, Berks County failed to comply with fire and safety drills and has a graduation rate below both the state and city of Reading’s average, according to a state audit.

The Institute, a business incubator, will bring local entrepreneurs and Alvernia students together. The students, chosen by their professors, will provide services to area businesses such as marketing plans, website development, and product prototypes.

Several Lehigh Valley auto dealerships are collaborating with a Philadelphia-area technical school to create an early employment program.

PPL Electric Utilities wants to broaden the diversity of businesses and business leaders that supply it with goods and services and it will begin with a summit next month.

Four area hospitals received a five-star ranking from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that administers the Medicare program. The CMS released its annual Hospital Compare star ratings last week, illustrating the quality performance of more than 4,500 hospitals in the United States.

Penn State Health St. Joseph Spring Ridge is now open for patients after a year of renovations and expansions. The satellite location of the Reading-based Penn State Health St. Joseph hospital is at 2605 Keiser Blvd. in Wyomissing.

Liberty Property Trust, a major commercial real estate company in the region is now a part of Prologis Inc. of San Francisco.