A metal shop here collapsed after fire engulfed the building Thursday morning. Paul DuMond had just returned home to 70 McHenry St.

A ceramic refractory company has plans to consolidate several of its area plants and bring new life to the decades-old Armco/AK Research Building on Curtis Street in Middletown.

The Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp. chose Asbury-based J.G. Petrucci Co. to take on the agency's request for construction of at least 200,000 square feet of new space.