A federally imposed medical device excise tax has stopped plans for new corporate headquarters for one of the biggest manufacturers in the Greater Lehigh Valley – and is costing the company $13 million a year.

A multistory luxury apartment building could be built over two long-dormant parking lots near Moravian College in Bethlehem.

To meet growing demands for an aging population, Country Meadows Retirement Communities plans to build its fourth Greater Lehigh Valley facility in Forks Township.

From its origins as a residential contractor, The Hillis Group LLC offers a wide variety of construction and excavation services – concrete, land restoration, demolition, fencing sales and installation, canopy cutting, land clearing and snow removal.

As more companies require data storage, on the cloud or elsewhere, construction of data center facilities should increase, opening new and lucrative markets for companies that build them.

Now that the massive $300 million Waterfront development is underway along the Lehigh River and several office buildings are reshaping the look of downtown Allentown, other properties within the business corridor could be next.

Touted as the Northface Business Park, the first 35 acres of a large brownfield site in Palmerton will be available for lease by next spring or early summer, according to George Petrole.