That building, which is smaller than the Alpha and overlooks the fork of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers, went for $4.5 million. Another Easton icon, the National, sold for $1.1 million in 2011.

Top softball brand Easton has announced they are partnering with two of college softball's biggest names in Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady and Arkansas's Bri Ellis, to feature their new bat launch.

In fact, the Alpha Building will be its fifth major investment in Easton. "We're glad to be chosen as the developer," said Mark Mulligan, CEO of VM Development Group.

Before the Alpha Portland Cement Co. moved its headquarters there in 1946, the First National Bank of Easton owned a different building on the same plot of ground.

Easton uses four of the Alpha Building's nine stories for its offices and would continue to rent space there until a new city hall, being built as part of a $26 million building with a parking ...

"I think it's an important space." The city sold the building at 1 S. Third St. to the Alpha Development Group LP in September 2013. Mulligan is a managing partner with Alpha Development.

Easton City Council Wednesday night approved the sale of the Alpha Building, the 9-story building in downtown Easton that has served as City Hall for more than a decade.