New Building To Offer Space For Other Professionals
Allentown, PA — Jeff Barber, the founder of Lehigh Financial Group and former owner of the Max Hess Office Building in downtown Allentown, has purchased a new building and will move his company headquarters closer to the city’s revitalized urban core.
Barber this month purchased 122 N. 5th St. and will move Lehigh Financial Group to the new building within the next 60 days. The new location is within a block of the Allentown Art Museum, Baum School of Art, the Lehigh County and U.S. District Court buildings and the new City Center Three Building, as well as Allentown’s new Arts Walk.
“I have been really excited about all the positive changes that have come to Allentown over the past five years,” Barber said. “When I bought the Hess Building I got questions from friends and colleagues who wondered why I wanted to be in Allentown. I was confident the city had a great future, and I am even more confident now that the future is even brighter.”
Barber bought the historic Hess building in 2005 and sold it in 2013 to finance other business interests, but remained as a tenant for Lehigh Financial Group. Like the Hess building, his new property includes off-street parking and space for up to three more professional tenants.
“We’re really in the middle of all the good things going on now, and I want to help other business owners enjoy that proximity,” said Barber, who operates Lehigh Financial with colleague Lewis Edwards and Mike Gilbert. “We’ll have 2,700 square feet of office space and I will offer affordable, gross lease terms to make it easier for small business owners who want to be close to downtown. The lease will include utilities, Internet, parking, etc., which can be expensive when added to rental costs.”
Barber also credited his Realtor, Paula Antario of Two Rivers Realty in Easton, Listing Agent Bob Wiley of Berkshire Hathaway/Fox & Roach Realtors and First United Land Transfer in Allentown, for assisting with the purchase and closing.
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