After Destiny USA debacle, Inner Harbor plans face a wary council
The topic was the redevelopment of Syracuse's Inner Harbor, but it didn't take long for a councilor to bring up the elephant in the chamber: the failed expansion of Destiny USA.But Steven Aiello,...
View ArticleSyracuse cautiously approves Inner Harbor plans
For COR Development President Steve Aiello, Monday's vote by the Syracuse Common Council was a long time coming.Aiello's firm was selected earlier this year to redevelop the city's Inner Harbor. Then...
View ArticleSyracuse will seize troubled, vacant landmark property
Syracuse will formally commence the foreclosure process on a long vacant downtown church, aiming to turn the historic building into another part of a downtown residential boom.The Common Council voted...
View ArticleSyracuse begs Sunoco to allow the sale of three vacant gas stations
Syracuse officials are accusing the ownership of three vacant gas stations at a southern entrance to the city of blocking the properties' sale in the name of competition.On Monday, Syracuse Mayor...
View ArticleHistoric Syracuse home slowly being renovated
Renovations have slowly been continuing on an historic home on Syracuse’s east side.The Babcock-Shattuck House stands at the gateway to Syracuse’s Westcott neighborhood. It’s also a rare empty property...
View ArticleGillibrand wants faster cleanup of brownfield sites
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is looking to raise grant levels for cleaning up former industrial sites in a move she says will spark redevelopment.On Monday she crossed upstate New York promoting the...
View ArticleIn a victory for Syracuse, former gas station will be redeveloped
Score one for the self-proclaimed clout of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer. Thanks largely to recent efforts of the senator, a former gas station on Syracuse's south side will be redeveloped.The intersection...
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