YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Real estate agents are mixed on the market for upscale housing in the Mahoning Valley, although a few niche areas seem to be driving sales. Sales closed on upscale homes are up about 20% for Keller Williams Chervenic Realty, Boardman, with buyers driven heavily by neighborhoods and communities, says agent Adam Matthews. […]

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio – With a new office at 1482 W. Liberty St., the owners of Bert Johnson Realty are prepared to help their clients get into their first home or get to work on a fixer-upper. Founded 48 years ago, Bert Johnson started the agency after two years in the industry. He’s also been […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Western Reserve Port Authority is poised to acquire the Chemical Bank building and its accompanying three-acre plot on Market Street in Boardman, the agency announced Wednesday. Anthony Trevena, economic development director for the Port Authority, told board members during their quarterly meeting that Chemical Bank intends to donate the property at […]

BOARDMAN, Ohio — A new location for Pharmacy Data Management Inc. will allow for three to four more years of growth, said its owner, Doug Wittenauer. Pharmacy Data Management Inc., or PDMI, purchased the former InfoCision Management Corp. building at 8530 Crossroads Drive. The sale closed May 29 for $1,775,000, said Jim Grantz, broker/associate at […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Area home sales in April were slightly above their marks from the previous year, with 523 sold in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, just nine more than April 2018. The gain was driven largely by activity in Mahoning County, where 275 houses were sold last month, up from 247 last April. In […]

CANFIELD, Ohio – Bob Davis, dealer principal of Fairway Ford, recently completed the buy-out of his partners with the purchase of the real estate at 366 W. Main St. here. Jennert Investments LLC, an entity formed by Davis, paid Patul I Ltd. $2.8 million and received acquisition financing from First Commonwealth Bank, according to public […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A day after closing on the acquisition of the former Kmart distribution center in Bazetta Township, Christopher Semarjian said the property already has multiple interested parties from the industrial sector. On Wednesday, Semarjian’s company, Industrial Commercial Properties LLC, Cleveland, closed on the 1.4-million-square-foot property at 541 Perkins Jones Road, Warren. Semarjian did […]

LORDSTOWN, Ohio – The union hall once home to United Auto Workers Local 1714 is up for sale. Signs were posted on the property Friday.  “It’s got a lot of potential uses,” , says Dan Crouse, a broker with Platz Realty Group. The building sits on 42 acres that are zoned industrial. Crouse says the […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Youngstown Design Review Committee Tuesday morning approved a proposal to build a $12 million student housing complex near Youngstown State University. Campus Lofts LLC already has started demolition of the former St. Vincent DePaul thrift store building on Wick Avenue and the adjacent Penguin Place building, where it plans to build […]