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Bryn Mawr’s Alliance Partners HSP to Buy Building Complex in Florida for $62.3M
Bryn Mawr investment group Alliance Partners HSP has agreed to buy Golden Bear Plaza in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida for $62.3 million, writes Alexandra Clough for Palm Beach Post. This is nearly double the amount paid by the current owner for the 243,000-square-foot, three building complex in December 2003. “It’s a Class A suburban…
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s New Executive Director Discusses Goals and Recent Successes
Once his term as board chair is complete on June 15, Samuel Scott will become the new executive director at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, writes Kenneth Hilario for Philadelphia Business Journal. Under Scott’s and the board’s watchful eye, the institute has already enjoyed numerous successes, putting it at the top of the art scene in…
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Malcolm Gladwell To Wharton Conference: Hire More Tortoises!
During his keynote address at Wharton People Analytics Conference, The New Yorker‘s Malcolm Gladwell touted the virtues of choosing a tortoise over a hare during the hiring process, according to a staff report from Knowledge@Wharton. During his opening remarks, Gladwell referred to one of his colleagues as a “neurotic tortoise.” And while it might seem…
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Ribbon Cutting Marks Official Opening of SEPTA’s New Garage in Lansdale
Lansdale and SEPTA officials marked the official opening of the transportation agency’s new parking garage with a ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday, writes Dan Sokil for North Penn Life. “The Lansdale parking garage represents a bridge to future development, literally and figuratively,” said SEPTA General Manager, Jeff Knueppel. The five-storey garage has been under construction…
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Lansdale’s Round Guys Brewing Finds a Second Location Across the Street
The recent changes in the state liquor laws are making it easier for business owners to expand their operations and Lansdale’s Round Guys Brewing is taking full advantage of these adjustments, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. Following the revision to the liquor code two years ago that allowed breweries to sell beer by the pint,…
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H & C Giamo Employee Helps Out Residents in Burning House
Jessie Vargas, an employee of H & C Giamo, Conshohocken’s waste management company, rushed into a smoke filled home in Trenton on Wednesday morning to assist a family who were trying to put out a growing fire, writes Kevin Shea for NJ.com. On entering the house, Vargas rushed upstairs to help a mother and daughter…
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Lisa Stotts Becomes New CFO of Fort Washington’s CMC Energy Services
In January 2017, Lisa Stotts joined Fort Washington’s CMC Energy Services as the company’s new chief financial officer. Stotts brought with her decades of experience as CFO and vice president of finance for other multi-million dollar companies. She also has extensive experience in accounting leadership from her years working for Marriott International. Stotts earned her…
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Souderton-Based Univest Bank Reaches 1,400 Students on Teach Children to Save Day
As part of its ongoing financial literacy efforts, Univest Bank and Trust Co. participated in the American Bankers Association’s Teach Children to Save Day. This national campaign, which occurs every April during financial literacy month, aims to help young people develop a savings habit early in life and encourages smarter financial choices later in life.…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Eric Goldstein, Executive Director, King of Prussia District
MONTCO Today speaks with Eric Goldstein, Executive Director of the King of Prussia District about growing up the middle of five children in New York and New Jersey, his love of music, and how persistence and determination got him his first job in a record store. He also discusses how his career path to the…
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Home Sales in Montgomery County Continue to Grow
Home sales in Montgomery County and the surrounding area are not showing any signs of slowing down according to the latest figures published by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The number of properties sold in Montgomery County in the first quarter of 2017 was 1,951, compared to 1,924…
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MONTCO Careers – Penn Mutual
Headquartered in Horsham, Penn Mutual is dedicated to helping people do more in life by creating solutions that deliver the complete value of life insurance across life’s stages, complemented by annuities and investment products. Information Protection Engineer This position responds to server and infrastructure alerts and determines the appropriate response, remediates issues through automation or…
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MONTCO Careers – Toll Brothers
Based in Horsham, Toll Brothers is the nation’s premier builder of luxury homes and developer of master-planned communities, golf courses, and other land holdings in affluent suburban neighborhoods and major metro markets across the U.S. HR Communications Manager This position is builds and executes an internal HR communications strategy, enhances communication of compensation and benefits programs…
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For Some Professions, Including Teaching, Affordable Housing in the Area Is Hard to Find
Rising home prices and low inventory are making it even harder for middle-income Americans to buy a home, writes Cheryl Young for Trulia. The typical worker makes around $37,040 annually, according to the national median, while the average house costs about $254,900. This means that a worker on a median salary would have to spend…
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Lindy Snider’s Medical Marijuana Company Raises $7M
Snider Health, the medical marijuana company co-founded by Lindy Snider, CEO of Montgomery County’s Lindi Skin, has successfully raised $7 million from private investors to kick-start its entry into this growing industry, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Lindy Snider, daughter of Flyers founder and chairman, Ed Snider, founded the company with her brother,…
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Outdoor Patio Furniture Store Tropicraft Opens in Ardmore
The former Ardmore Movie Theater that had been standing vacant for the last three years, now has a new tenant in Tropicraft, a store that specializes in outdoor patio furniture, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Times. The store is owned by husband and wife team Bruce and Zofia Halpern. According to Bruce, the pair…
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Ardmore Native Wins Food Science Competition with Penn State Team
The Penn State student team, including Ardmore native Jaye Aster Broder, has won first place in the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association Central Atlantic Area College Bowl competition, writes Thomas Dimick for Penn State News. The teams were tested on their knowledge in areas such as food science, the history of food and food…
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SEI Partners with Drexel University to Enhance End-Client Experience
Oaks’ SEI has announced the results of its interactive usability study done in partnership with Drexel University, to help improve the end-client experience on its Wealth Platform. The study was created as a Corporate and Executive Education project in the Behavioral Science Laboratory of Drexel’s LeBow College of Business. It used brain imaging to calculate…
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Montgomery County Careers – Johnson & Johnson
With a location in Fort Washington, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, provides sales, marketing, and logistical services to U.S. retail customers on behalf of the U.S. consumer companies. Senior Maintenance Manager This position develops and implements standardized operating processes, procedures, and practices, provides strategic leadership for the maintenance excellence program, and…
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