SCRANTON – From cigars to apartments. Developer John Basalyga plans to convert the former Parodi Cigar building in North Scranton into 41 loft-style apartments. A Basalyga company, JBAS Realty bought ...

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Scranton building inspector Robert Maciejewski and fire inspector Harry Hinckley sent a letter to the owners of Parodi Cigar requesting that the front section of the North Main Avenue factory be razed ...

The Scranton Planning Commission on Wednesday approved developer John Basalyga’s plan to convert the former Parodi Cigar Co. building into 41 loft apartments. The commission also advanced a new zoning ...

DUNMORE, Pa. — Avanti Cigar Company's history in the Scranton area dates back almost a century. Then known as Parodi, the cigar company opened a factory in the Electric City in 1930 before moving to ...

Parodi Cigar on North Main Avenue in Scranton was gutted by a three-alarm fire. Scranton Fire Department officials said the fire was discovered around 10 p.m. They believe the blaze started in the ...

Every time John Basalyga drove down the McDade Expressway in Scranton, he felt the pull of the crumbling, boarded-up red brick building that once housed a bustling cigar business. A year after the ...

Work on the former Avanti Cigar building on the 1000 block of North Main Avenue in Scranton uncovered a bit of history: the painted sign reading “Parodi Cigar Co. of NY.” Contractors razed the ...

A cigar company that manufactured premium cigars for more than 90 years in Lackawanna County will shut down as of Aug. 31 and move production to the Dominican Republic. Parodi Holdings, doing business ...

SCRANTON – JBAS Realty received approval from the city’s zoning hearing board Monday night that clears the way for a 41-unit midrise apartment building at the former Parodi Cigar building at 1015 N.

In 2013, the century-old Avanti Cigar Co. will mark another evolution. The North Scranton-based company will relocate to Dunmore with a new partner and new business plan. Energy executive and Scranton ...

Jan. 10—Developer John Basalyga hopes a new apartment complex in North Scranton reminds people of the city's heyday. Basalyga plans to incorporate the name and logo of the Parodi Cigar Co. into the ...