Xerox on prowl for office space near Albany to fulfill $535M state contract

Xerox Corp. needs 80,000 to 95,000 square feet of office space within 10 miles of downtown Albany, New York where 400 people will be hired to fulfill a new, huge contract with the state Health Department.

“We would like to occupy 30,000 square feet as soon as possible, in the next 30 to 45 days,” said Jennifer A. Wasmer, a spokeswoman for Xerox, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Xerox won a $565 million contract to modernize New York’s Medicaid computer system within 18 months. The state Comptroller’s…

$10M health care center to create 75 jobs

Construction begins this week on a $10 million skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Clermont County’s Miami Township, which will create 75 jobs.

Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices plans to break ground May 1 at 750 Loveland-Miamiville Road off of Interstate 275. Construction is to be completed by spring 2016.

The architect is New York-based Perkins Eastman, and the contractor is Ridge Stone Builders and Developers of Perrysburg in Wood County.

The development will include five small…

Redeveloped Ford plant sparks $40 million residential development

A custom homebuilder is developing a $40 million residential project in the Clermont County town of Williamsburg.

Anderson Custom Homes is building Stone Creek at Todds Run, a single-family home development that will have 192 homes when complete. Don Anderson, owner of Williamsburg-based Anderson Custom Homes, said redevelopment of the former Ford Batavia Transmission plant, development in the Eastgate area and a lack of new homes in the area about 20 minutes east of Interstate 275 prompted him…

Lawmakers shrug off charges that state is botching high-speed rail land acquisition

Complaints from Central Valley residents that the state has botched the acquisition of land for high-speed rail failed to convince lawmakers last week that the matter deserved further investigation.

A legislative panel nixed a request from Sen. Andy Vidak, a Fresno Republican, to run a state audit on the California High-Speed Rail Authority for its handling of the eminent domain process. The vote mostly fell along party lines, with Democrats largely opposed to the idea.

Before the vote, lawmakers…

Commercial building permits report shows trend

The number of commercial building permits filed during the first quarter of this year was up for most counties in the Triad, both from last quarter and year-over-year.

The Market Edge LLC has released its commercial building permit trend report, which details the number of permits filed and their value during the first quarter of 2015, as well as for previous quarters.

The Market Edge, based in Knoxville, Tenn., is a reporting service that provides leads to building material suppliers, subcontractors,…