HERSHEY, PA-With nearly 50% of the first, 80,448-sf building in Hershey Center for Applied Research preleased, Wexford obtains approvals for another.

PITTSBURGH-After the team declared an impasse in negotiations, owners and government officials knuckled down to keep the Penguins here for at least 30 years.

PITTSBURGH-After the team declared an impasse in negotiations, owners and government officials knuckled down to keep the Penguins here for at least 30 years.

PITTSBURGH-In the year leading up to its Jan. 31 IPO, HFF Inc. achieved record production of $36.4 billion and added 10 new transaction specialists.

PITTSBURGH-A 21% increase in sales and a 33% hike in net income took Dick's Sporting Goods to a new milestone.

ALLENTOWN, PA-Larken Associates plans conversion of the retail complex at 1302 Hanover Ave. into the five-building Allentown Shopping Plaza.

INDIANA, PA-Following a pledge of at least $2 million, a long-planned, 150,000-sf arena and auditorium will break ground alongside the campus.

PHILADELPHIA-While candidates agree that the city's onerous 6.5% business privilege tax deters companies from locating here, they disagree on what to do about it.