Local Business

As the winter heating season winds down, natural gas costs for UGI Utilities customers are going up.

In 2023, Elton John’s production company, J. Bondi, sold a $1.565 million tax credit it received for holding its Farewell Yellow Brick Road rehearsals at Rock Lititz.

The tax credit that benefits stars who rehearse at Rock Lititz in Warwick Township like Taylor Swift and Elton John is the result of a law first championed by two Lancaster County politicians -  former Republican state Sen. Ryan Aument and Republican House Rep. Bryan Cutler.

Since 2019, the state has given $48 million in tax breaks to the production companies of performers who rehearsed at Rock Lititz

An investment group paid $130 million for two former R.R. Donnelley/LSC Communications printing plants in Lancaster city, where it intends to develop data centers for AI and cloud computing.

International Paper, which has a plant on the Lancaster city-Manheim Township line, plans to close a Northeast Pennsylvania facility in April, affecting 107 employees as the packaging company restructures operations.

Since opening a little over five years ago, Blackworth Live Fire Grill, a 130-seat restaurant in the former Wilbur chocolate factory in Lititz, has earned a reputation for offering top quality steaks, craft cocktails and attentive service in the heart of town.

Martin & Rutt Auctioneers, of New Holland, held a public sale of real estate Feb. 13 for Michael W. and Edith S. Martin at 511 Railroad Ave., New Holland. A five-bedroom house and garage on .44 acres sold for $435,000 to Phil Weaver, of New Holland.

Former AHF Products CEO Brian Carson has been named CEO of Pittsburgh Paints Co. one week after AHF announced his resignation.

A onetime auto body shop in Lancaster city is being remade into a complex that will include a motorcycle shop and co-op, a vintage Porsche restoration business and a motorsports themed coffee shop.

The housing market in Lancaster County began 2025 on a high note with a surge in closed sales and median prices that show few signs of the typical seasonal winter slowdown.

This week, things got personal for Lancaster County businessman Daryl Heller as he filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey and fought back in court against a $2.05 million fine for his role in the unraveling of his ATM network