National Penn Bancshares Incorporated

A true downtown revival takes more than a couple of glitzy, high-rise office buildings. It also requires a careful rehabilitation of the exiting real estate to create a sense of place amid the concrete, mirrored glass and steel. That's the approach...

The central Emmaus property that hosts the borough's popular weekly farmers market will be put up for sale in an Internet auction later this month. Located at 235 Main St., the site is occupied by a bank branch of National Penn Bancshares. It encompasses...

At the eye of the storm of construction that dominates downtown Allentown is a company that will never make any list of top employers in the Lehigh Valley. City Center Investment Corp., with just five employees, is one of the smallest new businesses...

National Penn Bancshares' decision to move its headquarters to Allentown was a milestone in the redevelopment of the city's downtown. It gave instant credibility to developer J.B. Reilly's ambitious plan — financed in part by National Penn —...

John J. "Jack" Dau, 85, businessman, sailor, chairman and majority shareholder of Bally Block Company and Michigan Maple Block Company, died on Dec. 28, 2011, after a lengthy fight against emphysema. Born in the old Petoskey Hospital on lower Lake Street...

The Lehigh Valley bank market is a mix of institutions large and small. Big companies that control hundreds of billions in deposits nationwide compete with small community banks that operate exclusively in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Straddling...