In a signal of renewed interest in downtown Reading, more than 70 potential investors have signed up for a walking tour of properties this Friday organized by the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance and the Reading-Berks Association of Realtors.

The Executive Education Academy Charter School in Allentown will host a groundbreaking for the construction of its first gymnasium on Thursday.

A vacant tract in Forks Township will soon be home to a Mavis Discount Tire store.

One Liberty Properties Inc. of Great Neck, N.Y. bought a nearly 300,000-square-foot industrial property on 30.2 acres in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, from RAF Industries of Jenkintown.

Construction could soon begin on the first building for an industrial park near Queen City Airport in Allentown.

City Center Investment Corp., the company in charge of much of the downtown Allentown redevelopment, announced that last year it gave more than $3.2 million in cash, volunteer time and in-kind donations to 120 organizations through its foundation, the Building Community Program.

Officials marked the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony on a $48 million five-story student living facility for Lehigh University in Bethlehem Thursday.

With five chandeliers saved from the former Hess's Department Store in downtown Allentown and restored to their former glory and a pair of vaults that highlight the building's historic integrity, Vault 634 offers a high-end venue that blends the old with the new.