LVB: It’s been a wild year. How has your company dealt with the way the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the construction industry?

The 125-seat upscale American-style restaurant debuted as the Cosmopolitan in 2010 and was converted to the fine dining seafood grill, Hook, in 2015, to meet what owner Bill Grube said was an under-served niche in downtown dining options.

Serfass Construction of North Whitehall Township and the Scully Co. of Jenkintown are partnering on the project to build two five-story buildings at 1649 Lehigh Parkway East, just north of the Regency Apartments off of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The local Bank On Coalition is a partnership of the City of Allentown, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, the Financial Literacy Center, the FDIC, People First, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union and QNB Bank.

The Butz Family of Companies, headquartered in Allentown, received two 2020 Construction Management Association of America National Project Achievement Awards for recent construction projects.

Capital BlueCross plans to open a health and wellness center at its offices in downtown Allentown as part of a renovation and expansion project.

Robert Hass joins the AEDC after serving at Swain for 19 years. Before that he was controller at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown.

RLB Accountants of Allentown has named William E. Bloss as its managing partner. He will take over for Martin C. Levin, who has served as managing partner since the firm was formed in 2009.

The Da Vinci Science Center’s plan to build a science and technology learning center in downtown Allentown received a $5.6 million funding boost from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Starting a new micro-brewery in the current competitive market would be a challenge for anyone, but throw in a global pandemic and there’s a whole host of obstacles to overcome. Those challenges aren’t dissuading Matt Andersen from his longtime dream of launching his own beer.