St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) will add a 175,000-square-foot patient care tower to its Monroe Campus in response to rising demand for its healthcare services. The $85 million, four-story addition will double the size of the existing hospital.

A State College-based contractor embroiled in one of the largest prevailing wage criminal cases on record, plead no contest to theft and will be paying over $20 million in stolen wages to over a thousand Pennsylvania workers.

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The second phase of construction is set to begin on the new Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks in Lower Nazareth Township. The new hospital is scheduled to open in the summer of next year.

J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. has announced plans to develop a more than 240,000-square-foot industrial facility in Nazareth on a 23.51-acre site it recently acquired.

A Leigh Valley homeowner got a newly built shed for his back yard thanks to the Let’s Build Construction Camp for Girls.

The $7 million project, by the Berks County Industrial Authority, will bring a shovel-ready site to accommodate up to 816,000 square feet of light and medium industrial space on the 55-acre campus, that previously served as a military base.

Kay Builders has served the Lehigh Valley for nearly 60 years. Rick Koze has owned and operated the business since 2004. Prior to that he worked on Wall Street for 10 years and as head of finance and mergers & acquisitions for Atlanta based Choicepoint for 10 years.

After extending the state’s stay-at-home order through May 8, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced his first steps towards reopening Pennsylvania businesses.

As the world begins to focus on restarting the economy post-COVID-19, and politicians debate if, when and how to get America back to work, many businesses are trying to determine what standards, laws and precautions will apply and need to be taken when restrictions are eased or lifted.