A building boom in the Greater Lehigh Valley has led to an increase in the volume of construction and manufacturing waste coming through the doors of a local recycling facility that opened last year.

With the award of a $1.2 million grant and support from corporations, The Greater Easton Development Partnership aims to replicate the economic growth it has seen in downtown Easton by shifting its focus to the West Ward.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said it plans to spend more than $281 million this year on projects in District 5, which spans Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties.

Most new upscale apartment projects in the Lehigh Valley feature pools, fitness centers, clubhouses and other amenities.

A report from real estate firm CBRE Inc. showed the highest average asking lease rates for industrial space along the Interstate 78 and 81 corridor in the first quarter, reaching $4.74 per square foot.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of truck drivers and motorists over the use of tolls on the 359-mile Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Workers are installing walls for the first building in a long-planned 380-acre industrial park on former Ingersoll Rand property in Warren County, New Jersey.

Quakertown-based Ciocca Dealerships is expanding once again, this time into northern Pennsylvania.

As the Lehigh Valley International Airport Authority works to build its flight service offerings at the Hanover Township, Lehigh County airport, it’s reporting that it’s had year-over-year passenger growth for the 17th consecutive month in February.

Budgets for public transit are being pinched by a federal lawsuit filed last year challenging how Pennsylvania Turnpike toll money is allocated to non-turnpike projects – such as train and bus services.