Winter 2023 Real Estate Matters

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The Strength of Brick-and-Mortar Retail ...1
President’s Message ...2
Starbucks Coming to Greenfield ...2
Good Things are Happening at High Hotels ...4
Hospitality Rebounds and Projections Strengthening ...4
Two New Hotels Added to Portfolio...5
Two Hotel Coworkers Honored with Industry Recognitions ...6
Continued Evolution of Office Spaces ...6
PA Gets with the “1031” Program ...7

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C&I Council Slides 2023

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Use the link to view the slides from High Real Estate Group's 2023 Commercial and Industrial Council presentation, February 16, 2023.

35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

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Essence of Humanity Award Winners Announced

We were honored to attend the 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast at Millersville University. Thank you to @cap_lanc and the team at Crispus Attucks Community Center for gathering the Lancaster community in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s extraordinary legacy and inspiring Lancaster to strive toward values of equity, inclusion, and service.

High Foundation Funds New Truck for Power Packs Project

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The Power Packs Project empowers families with the education and ingredients to create nutritional meals so that their children may go to school fed and ready to learn. A $55,000 grant from High Foundation made it possible for the Power Packs Project to purchase a 20-foot box truck to assist with large volume pick ups and distributions of fresh, nutritious foods to partner schools and affiliates.

Saving lives with the Peyton Walker Foundation

High Foundation

As we've learned from recent news, sudden cardiac arrest can happen at any time. Our community partner, the Peyton Walker Foundation, is raising awareness about it and the importance of knowing CPR and having AED machines close by to save lives.

High Foundation and Community Partners Talk about Change in Ownership Impact

High Foundation

WGAL Program focuses on our Higher Purpose

S. Dale High, Robin Stauffer and several of our community partners sat down with Susan Shapiro from WGAL to discuss what the High companies change of ownership to High Foundation means for the community.

New Starbucks to Open in Greenfield Lancaster

High Real Estate Group LLC (HREG)  recently signed a lease for a new 2,500-square-foot Starbucks to be built at 525 Greenfield Road.

Live, work and play in Greenfield

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Long known as corporate park, Greenfield faces a test of its concept

From LancasterOnline

November 20, 2022—Mary Emelio measures the evolution of Greenfield in East Lampeter Township in convenience. 

It takes Emelio just six minutes to go home from work at lunch to walk her chihuahua, Layla. In just minutes she can enjoy a walk on a trail, shopping and restaurants in the community where she lives and works. 

Fall 2022 Real Estate Matters

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Walnut Street Extension Breaks Ground ...1
President’s Message ...2
Pediatric Center Opens...2
Greenfield Developments...4
Making the Most of Due Diligence...5
Enhancing Owner Returns Through Resident Satisfaction...6

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High Associates Receives Award from Central Penn Business Journal

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Congratulations to High Associates for winning the 2022 Central Penn Business Journal’s Reader Rankings Award for Best Appraisal Company, Best Property Management Company – Commercial, and Best Real Estate Company – Commercial.

Greenfield Architects Receives Award from Central Penn Business Journal

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Congratulations to Greenfield Architects for winning the 2022 Central Penn Business Journal’s Reader Rankings Award for Best Architectural Firm.

High Foundation Announces 2022 Scholarship Winners

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High Foundation recently presented scholarship awards to Keller Dillman and Michael Rogers of Lancaster and Leah Campbell of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, children of co-workers of the High companies. The students have been awarded $20,000 scholarships, which provide $5,000 per year for four years.

Walnut Street Extension Projects Breaks Ground

New, 2-lane roadway/bridge will connect Greenfield Road with Route 30—-major Central Pa. artery

High Real Estate Group LLC (HREG), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), county and township officials and local stakeholders broke ground today on a multimodal transportation project that will alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety on a key highway corridor in Lancaster County.

Summer 2022 Real Estate Matters

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Greenfield Get-Together ...........................................1
How Thaddeus Stevens College Lifts Our Community ...1
President’s Message ................................................2
“What if we could create a company
that directly benefits the community?”........................2
How to Define and Determine Capitalization Rates .......4
How to Enrich the Client Experience in Construction .....5

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High Foundation announces election of new Board members

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High Foundation recently announced the election of two new members to its Board of Trustees. 

Thomas T. Baldrige – Mr. Baldrige is President and CEO of the Lancaster Chamber, an organization with over 1,400 members. He has held this position since 2000. Mr. Baldrige is a graduate of Ithaca College and received the designation of Certified Chamber Executive in 2008 from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Hilda Shirk, Ph.D., MSW – Dr. Shirk retired from a career of service and leadership within nonprofit organizations, most recently as President and CEO of Union Community Care (formerly known as Lancaster Health Center), a Federally Qualified Health Center providing medical care, dental care, behavioral health, and social support to over 34,000 patients throughout Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.

High Steel Project Wins Top NSBA Award

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Design features triple I-girder straddle bent.

The National Steel Bridge Alliance has announced that that the I-91 Interchange 29 Exit Ramp Flyover Bridge in Hartford, Connecticut is the 2022 Bridge of the Year! This is the first year NSBA has presented this award, and it goes to a first-of-its-kind bridge that uses a new approach to eliminating fracture-critical elements by providing load-path redundancy via a triple I-girder straddle bent.  

Spring 2022 Real Estate Matters

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C&I Council: 2022 Real Estate Outlook ....1
A Place to Heal and Grow: An Interview with Susan Blue, CEO, Community Services Group .....1
President’s Message ........................2
Understand Flood Risk for Your Commercial Real Estate ......................6

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Ron Ford, Elizabeth Ford recognized with the Essence of Humanity Award

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Siblings Ron Ford and Elizabeth Ford were recognized with the Essence of Humanity Award at this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Experience benefitting Crispus Attucks Community Center in downtown Lancaster. Both Ron and Elizabeth grew up in Lancaster. Ron is a former Lancaster County Commissioner with a political career spanning from 1975 to 2003, and his involvement in the community continues today. Elizabeth retired in 2009 as an Early Care and Education Director for First 5 Alameda County in San Leandra, California, before returning to Lancaster in 2010. She has been the organizing force behind the 7th Ward Oral History Project, an effort to capture the vibrancy of the community in which she grew to maturity.

High Industries transfers its $570 million business to charitable foundation

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From LancasterOnline

In a move that will send a company’s profits to community programs, S. Dale High and his family have transferred their shares of High Industries to the High Foundation, the organizations announced Wednesday.  

This means the foundation will receive the profits as well as control of the East Lampeter Township-based company. It will send more than $5 million annually to the foundation for programs that address poverty and build up communities where the multi-state company does business including Lancaster County, central Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Florida. 

Envisioning a Higher Purpose, High Family Transfers Ownership of High Industries to High Foundation

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Corporate profits will sustain the communities where High co‐workers live and work for generations

When the $65 million High Foundation Fund was established at Lancaster County Community Foundation last fall, it was truly extraordinary. That was just the beginning of S. Dale High’s innovative plan to sustain his legacy of using business and philanthropy to contribute to the greater good of the community.

Today, S. Dale High and the High Family announce the transfer of family ownership of High Industries to High Foundation. This new structure, making High Foundation a major stakeholder of High Industries, will result in millions of dollars of profits being invested into the Lancaster community and other communities where High Industries provides economic investment and employment.