Conshohocken, PA - March 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial, the region’s largest full-service retail real estate firm, announced today that it has brokered five leases in grocery/power anchored centers, for The Solid Wood Cabinet Company totaling over 14,000 square feet, in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the owner of Breckenridge Plaza Apartment complex in Phoenixville, PA, has agreed to pay $15,000 as part of a consent decree in federal district court to settle claims that the development’s on-site manager, Morris Zelikovsky, discriminated against families with children. In August 2011, HUD charged the owner and manager of Breckenridge with charging families higher rent when they have children and indicating a preference against families with children

HARRISBURG, PA - February 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners rebuilding or making repairs to their flood-damage properties have access to a number of resources - including financial -- that can help them reduce, or prevent, future disaster loss.

EUGENE, OR - February 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Fred Glick has become the latest real estate professional to join the growing network of agents and brokers who have employed the dynamic IDX Broker software. Glick now makes the Phliadelphia, Pennsylvania property search monumentally simpler for area home seekers. As a member of the Trend MLS (Trend), Glick has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, Glick gives his clients and other potential buyers unprecedented accessibility to the Trend MLS database of homes. Never before have buyers been able to experience such innovative real estate search tools from the convenience of the website of Glick, or the IDX Broker application for iPhone and iPad.

EUGENE, OR - February 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today IDX, Inc. and David Siwy are pleased to announce the integration of IDX Broker software onto the website of Siwy, giving potential Doylestown, Pennsylvania buyers a whole new resource for finding their dream home online. With his own customizable IDX solution, Siwy has updated the search capabilities of his professional website, making it monumentally easier to manage. While his IDX synced website makes his job simpler, it simultaneously eases the complications home seekers experience throughout many online real estate searches. The IDX enabled search tools Siwy supplies to his clients makes it so simple to find the perfect Pennsylvania home without ever leaving the convenience of his website

BETHLEHEM, PA - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Liberty Property Trust has named commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. as exclusive leasing agent for a 1.2 million-square-foot, $62 million speculative industrial property now under construction in Bethlehem. The project, part of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII, is transforming one of the nation’s largest brownfield sites into sustainable, Class A distribution product; it is one of the most significant industrial projects in Pennsylvania and one of the largest currently underway in the United States.

EUGENE, OR - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Mary Genovese have joined forces to revolutionize the way Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home seekers search for properties online, by adding the innovative IDX Broker software to the website Genovese hosts. As a member of the Trend MLS (Trend), Genovese has long had access to the detailed property listings through their professional database. Now, with her IDX-enabled search page, Genovese’s clients receive the same level of access that was once reserved for real estate agents and brokers only, conveniently on her website. Her customizable IDX solution gives Genovese and her clients more freedom and access to the Trend listings than ever before available online

January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a fourth defendant connected to a mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to spend five months in federal prison.

King of Prussia, PA - January 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Tile Shop is expanding the Philadelphia region, and Metro Commercial has completed a 25,522-square foot lease for the tile and floor covering store in King of Prussia, PA. The store will open this summer at 201 Allendale Road adjacent to Costco and will occupy the former Levitz Furniture.

HARRISBURG, PA - January 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tryko Partners, LLC, has added Harrisburg Park, a 163-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Harrisburg, to its growing regional portfolio. The private equity real estate group acquired the property on South 15th Street from The Altman Group in late December.

Philadelphia, PA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority has filled two key positions to complete the restaffing of its Office of General Counsel with the hiring of Laurence Redican and Joffie Pittman.

HARRISBURG - December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Linda Kelly today announced that a consumer protection lawsuit filed against several employees linked to OPFM ? a defunct financial services company operating in Reading and Lancaster counties involved in a wide-reaching Central Pennsylvania mortgage fraud case ? has resulted in judgments totaling more than $28 million in restitution for the benefit of hundreds of consumers victimized by this Ponzi scheme.

December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A multiple-year housing subsidy program, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia's Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity and Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services, and supported by PMHCC, Inc., is in need of Housing Quality Standards-certified housing inspectors to perform inspections consistent with HUD Housing Quality Standards (24 CFR 982.401).

Duquesne, PA - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Proceeds from a nine-year-old, uncashed $1,500 check will soon be back in the rightful possession of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank after Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord today reunited the organization with its unclaimed property.

NEW KINGSTOWN, PA - December 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fry Communications Inc. has signed a new full-building lease for 146,500 square feet at 36 East Main Street, a one-story industrial facility owned by Seagis Property Group. The landlord was represented by Gerry Blinebury, Pat McBride, and Leah Balerno of the Philadelphia office of Cushman & Wakefield.

December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) makes it possible for hungry families to purchase food that is essential to their well-being. Formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, SNAP is cost-effective and reaches the neediest households. Income-eligible program participants, having been screened by the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer ACCESS Card that is used just as a credit card is used at point-of-purchase. An eligible household's income may not exceed 130% of the federal poverty guideline but, in fact, most food stamp households have incomes well below the maximum allowed

December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a third defendant connected to a mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to spend 20 months in federal prison.

December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HUD officially published the regulations for the new Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program in today’s Federal Register. The regulations will go into effect in 30 days, on January 4. Public comments will be due in 60 days, on February 3. The final regulation on defining “homeless” was also officially published in the Federal Register today, and those changes will also go into effect on January 4.

PITTSBURGH, PA - November 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A resident of Blairsville, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison on his conviction of wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Mt. Laurel, NJ - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc. is thrilled to announce that Athleta has opened its first store in the Philadelphia area this month at 1722 Walnut Street in the heart of Center City. The 4,000 square foot store was identified and negotiated on behalf of Athleta by Steven Gartner, President of Metro Commercial Real Estate.