SLEDGEHAMMERS WILL KICK OFF HORST CONSTRUCTION'S REVITALIZATION OF SACA'S GENERAL CIGAR BUILDING

(March 28, 2001) Lancaster, PA  Horst Construction will join SACA's Jose Lopez and community leaders, Mayor Smithgall and other supporters to kick off the revitalization of the long-vacant General Cigar Factory building located at 453 South Lime Street, turning the property into 30 affordable condominium-style apartments and commercial space.

"SACA Development Corporation is excited about this project becoming a reality as it significantly adds to the revitalization work that is underway in the City’s Southeast section," said Mayra J. Guevara, Chair of the SACA DC Board of Directors and Horst Property Management's Commercial Property Manager.

Horst Construction is proud to be the general contractor on this important project, acknowledging the efforts of estimator Bill Wos and project manager Tom Byers for their bidding and value engineering efforts that have helped to make this project possible.

Horst Construction, is part of the Horst Group (recently named the 16th Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania) family of diversified construction, property management and insurance companies (Horst Construction, Horst Excavating, Horst Masonry, Horst Painting, Horst Property Management, Horst Insurance and Horst Financial Services), serving the mid-Atlantic region. Situated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s Granite Run Corporate Center, the Horst Group has a tradition of service dating back to 1880. To contact the Horst Group, call (717) 581-9800 or visit http://www.horstgroup.com/.

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