Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, the company that owns the Lehigh Valley and Palmer Park malls, has launched a Web-based tool to help link potential franchisers and franchisees with opportunities at PREI malls.

With hundreds of jobs, tens of thousands of square feet of new convention and meeting space and acres of adventure-themed activities, the newest resort to the Pocono Mountains is about to plant its flag in the tourism stakes.

Site work for an upscale apartment complex, with affordable housing in the mix, is underway in Lopatcong Township, N.J., off Route 22 near the Phillipsburg Mall.

While the developers for a massive open-air shopping center targeted a prime location to build their $140 million project, they didn’t anticipate all of the initial setbacks they would encounter before construction could start.

A New Jersey contractor is working toward completing the renovation of a prime historic site at the gateway to Easton’s downtown business district.

The next phase of major development in Allentown is about to begin.

From the closing of large land sales to the start of construction for multimillion dollar mixed-use projects and stronger evidence of a surging market for apartments, the real estate scene in 2014 proved to be a banner year in the Lehigh Valley.

Significant population growth will drive a greater demand for assisted living units and apartments in Lehigh and Northampton counties, a change that veers from the steady climb of single family homes proposed in the previous decade.