Scranton council backs grant for pre-arrest drug treatment As appeared on The Times Tribune on January 29, 2018 by Jim Lockwood. On top, former Scranton Button Co. factory in South Side; on bottom, Scranton Counseling Center’s two buildings on Adams Avenue downtown flank an unrelated vacant building. JIM LOCKWOOD/STAFF PHOTO SCRANTON — Scranton City Council […]

The project by Charles Jefferson of Jefferson- Werner LLC calls for renovating a vacant, former button factory on Cedar Avenue at Cherry Street in South Side, and moving the Scranton Counseling Center there from its current pair of unconnected buildings on Adams Avenue.

“The building needs to pop when you drive into town, and it should, because it’s an awesome building,” Jefferson said while detailing his plans for street-level restaurant and retail space and a minimum of 50 apartment units throughout the building. “This is such a key corner in the downtown, and there needs to be life there.” If Jefferson is able to buy the building, the total conversion project would likely cost between $10 million and $12 million and take 20 to 24 months to complete, he estimated, noting business tenants would rent the restaurant and retail space.

Lackawanna County’s Globe project gets $1 million state grant As appeared in The Times Tribune by Jeff Horvath on December 22, 2017. Officials overseeing the conversion of the former Globe Store into the future home of Lackawanna County government got an early Christmas present Friday — a $1 million state grant for the project. State […]

Snowy Start to Montage Mountain Ski Season As appeared on WNEP by Stacy Lange on December 14, 2017. MONTAGE MOUNTAIN — Snow on Thursday was perfectly timed for Montage Mountain in Scranton It was their opening day and students with a snow day took advantage. Montage has been making snow all week and they were […]

Downtown Scranton is in the midst of a revival and transformation. The conversion of the Marketplace at Steamtown from a retail mall to a mixed-use lifestyle center and the conversion of the former Samter’s building into apartments with street-level dining and retail are examples of the trend.