It was a $2,000 bill for an overheated 10-by-10-foot room that led business partners Jonathan Epstein and Jim Seip to launch a new business with a product they’ve developed for commercial real estate managers – the Salamander Reservoir.

Monroe County’s real estate market is on par with the country’s constrained inventory of homes and a healthy buyer demand that shows little sign of waning. “This is the first time in a long time that I remember seeing more residential listings in Monroe County under contract than actively listed,” said Nicole Murray, Association Executive ...

With the completion of two logistics buildings, the LogistiCenter at Lehigh Valley East is complete. The structures are the latest of a number of logistics buildings built in the region by Nevada-based developer, Dermondy Properties.

The physical office and classroom space will continue to facilitate interaction, collaboration and innovation and ultimately, personal health, wellbeing and productivity. But we must approach these spaces in a different way as we move forward. 

The reopening of businesses, colleges and other institutions in the midst of a global pandemic obviously creates unique challenges. Architects are being called upon to address these in ways that maximize health and safety, while allowing for as much normalcy as possible.     

Work will include milling, concrete patching, paving, joint cleaning and sealing, repairs to bridges, new pavement markings and guide rail updates on U.S. 22 between Interstate 78 and 15th Street in Whitehall, South Whitehall and Upper Macungie townships.

The museum, located on former Bethlehem Steel property, broke ground on a $275,000 project to turn 17,000 square feet of the museum’s property into a park area where visitors can watch industrial machinery from Bethlehem Steel and other industrial manufacturers take raw materials and turn them into finished products.

Allentown-based engineering firm Barry Isett & Associates is expanding service offerings with four additional disciplines for capital region clients.

Dutchtown Commons, an urban development project planned for the 600 block of Northampton Street in Easton, is moving forward after more than a decade of planning and developers are hoping to have the mixed use project built by 2022.

Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera was named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology’s 10th president.