A satellite office of Scranton-based Simplex Modular Homes and the
headquarters of the Sunbury Hill Neighborhood Council have moved into a vacant
building at North 12th and Line streets in Sunbury, PA.
The two-story former office building, which is owned by
Sunbury Revitalization Inc., was opened Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Simplex Modular Homes satellite office is on the second floor, and four people
will be employed there.
Owned by the Ficchione family, Simplex was founded in 1971 as a modular home
business. The company has two plants in
and builds high-end modular homes, dormitories and apartment complexes.
The Hill Neighborhood headquarters is rent free and on the first floor and will
be a space for committee meetings, events and storage.
Jessica Ackley, Hill Neighborhood Council vice president, said it also will be
the home of the Team Business Innovation Zone, or T-BIZ, a student organization
that is designed to advise the younger generation to volunteer, learn about
business operations and open a functioning business in the downtown.
Dave Mertz, vice president of sales for Simplex, said he’s proud to be a part
of an initiative that “breaths life” into the city.
