There are more than 500
vacant buildings in New York City, reports the New York Post.
Theaster Gates became known for the Dorchester Projects, a series of
vacant buildings in Chicago that he renovated and rehabilitated with a team of young architects and designers, and which now offer space for performances, and other cultural events.
Two
vacant buildings in the Greenburgh area will soon be converted into a Tesla sales dealership and a delivery and customer education center.
Tax breaks from IDAs have resulted in dozens of businesses moving into
vacant buildings in Hamburg, Walters says.
A view from a courtyard near some of the long -
vacant buildings in the Commodore Perry Housing Project in Buffalo.
He wants a moratorium on building public and subsidized housing because he said public housing is the cause of an abundance of
vacant buildings in the city.
«The redevelopment of the iconic Sibley Building will transform this once nearly
vacant building in Rochester into a multi-use dynamic destination that will attract residents and investment,» said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky.
«Not only did this development allow a charter school to expand its services in an economically distressed community, but it also repurposed
a vacant building in the process.»
Scott Schmidt and his family recently transformed
a vacant building in Lockport into a place dedicated to helping people honor their pets.
As a compromise, the city offered to let Colab choose
another vacant building in the area, as 125 Delancey had been selected to be part of a massive renewal project that was supposed to invest the whole neighborhood.
Fundrise's first project was a collective financing for the conversion of
a vacant building in the Miller brothers» native D.C. — a property the two had acquired in 2011.
Not exact matches
Those disparate pieces include File Keepers, an archival business records and information management company founded
in 1974 after Rosenthal accepted a sweetheart deal to lease a
vacant, 500,000 - square - foot
building in downtown Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, after remote towns
in North Dakota surged with thousands ready to work the Bakken, the luxury apartments
built to accommodate them are half -
vacant now that demand has died down.
Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey got the idea for WeWork back
in 2010 when they were both working
in a partially
vacant office
building in Brooklyn.
For example, many landowners will place concrete blocks
in the entrances to
vacant land to stop vehicles getting past or a
building owner may put up spiked security fencing or barbed wire.
But don't believe the myth that incubators are all about «cheap rent,» and avoid business incubators
in otherwise
vacant buildings.
There are vigilante demolition teams who tear down abandoned
buildings and a group called the Lawn Mower Brigade that cuts the grass
in vacant lots.
In urban areas, lack of
vacant plots of land is driving more and more urban farmers to produce food upwards on the side of
buildings rather than outwards.
In the next two years, I expect you're going to see pretty much every
vacant building taken over.
DETROIT — Olympia Development has unveiled six projects
in The District Detroit, including the restoration of three
vacant historic
buildings and the construction of three new mixed - use
buildings near Little Caesars Arena.
TerraCRG has brokered the sale of 1271 Willoughby Ave., a
vacant multifamily
building in Bushwick.
JPMorgan is currently the
building's anchor tenant, but the bank plans to downsize the majority of its space
in coming months, leaving about half the tower
vacant.
The trust buys
vacant properties throughout the Keys and will
build homes similar to the 3,250 «Katrina Cottages» that went up
in Louisiana and Mississippi after that storm.
Having no official recognition of any kind, Stanley and his growing ragtag band of followers met
in basements and
vacant lots and deserted
buildings, but God blessed them with incredible success — so much success that their message came to the ears of the king, and he commanded his guard to go and bring Stanley to him.
CNN: Driven by personal tragedy, man
builds crosses for Aurora victims, thousands of others
In a vacant lot across from the site of last week's movie theater shooting, 12 white crosses stand solemnly, their arms covered in messages of hope and the ground around them full of flower
In a
vacant lot across from the site of last week's movie theater shooting, 12 white crosses stand solemnly, their arms covered
in messages of hope and the ground around them full of flower
in messages of hope and the ground around them full of flowers.
Currently, many of Lombard's activities are being held
in a
vacant elementary school
building, but School District 44 officials have indicated the former Fairwood School might be needed to house students after the Park District's lease expires next year.
ELMHURST — The Library board of trustees has formally approved a deal that will give the Park District 94,000 square feet of land
in the center of Wilder Park, including the Wilder Mansion now used as the library
building,
in exchange for 35,000 square feet of
vacant land
in the northwest corner of the park, where library officials will put up a new
building.
Opponents of a proposed plan to
build a tot lot and dog - run
in historic Palmer Square urged city officials Monday to look into constructing the amenities on
vacant land instead of altering the square's 19th Century character.
The blocklong Discount Mega Mall at 2500 - 14 N. Milwaukee Ave. has sat
vacant since June, when it was shut down for 112
building, health and safety code violations, including a crumbling exterior facade and inoperable plumbing that led to raw sewage accumulating
in the
building, planning officials said.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a summary judgment
in its case against Chicago's
vacant building ordinance before the city even files a response to the lawsuit.
On one hand, Valentine said he wouldn't want the Five Seasons
building to become
vacant and it would be nice to reuse the facility
in some way.
When the new library is
built in the New Lenox Commons area north of Village Hall, the old
building will be
vacant.
Don Wenzel, vice president of the S Group, which converted the 2027 - 2029 W. Pierce
building, said that the next step for Wicker Park would be new construction on a number of
vacant lots that still remain
in the area.
Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal RuthAnne Visnauskas said, «Stadium Estates Phase II will continue to reinvigorate the JOSANA neighborhood
in downtown Rochester by replacing
vacant lots with quality affordable apartments
in attractive
buildings.
In January 2014, Syracuse University, Mahoney, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, real estate developers and other insiders were negotiating behind the scenes to
build a $ 500 million stadium on a
vacant lot near downtown Syracuse - the heart of the 4th council district.
And the agency pays more than $ 6 million each year on upkeep of two nearly
vacant buildings: the agency's former headquarters on Jay Street
in Brooklyn, and another
in Mineola, LI.
Albany's
vacant building count hovers around a thousand, mostly
in the Arbor Hill, South End and West Hill areas.
«The former South Junior
building has sat
in vacant decay for far too long.
Three dilapidated
buildings sit on a
vacant lumber yard
in the Town of Smithtown and have been abandoned for about 12 years, according to town Councilman Edward Wehrheim.
Albany County Land Bank Executive director Adam Zaranko: «
In the City of Albany, currently we have over 60
vacant and abandoned
buildings of sale and about another 70 that we recently acquired from the county through the tax foreclosure process that we're evaluating and will likely go to sale.
Diaz Jr. — a frequent critic of the mayor who is oft - cited as a potential primary challenger — received nearly $ 100,000
in donations connected to a Queens - based construction company that went on to be awarded $ 1.4 million from Diaz Jr.'s fiscal year 2011 capital budget to
build an apartment
building on
vacant land on Pelham Parkway.
While the Albany Convention Center Authority recently described the red X's placed on its
vacant E-Comm
buildings as simply a labeling designation for public safety officials, a recent photograph taken from above appears to show the roof of 6 E-Comm Square has caved
in.
«While we have made progress fighting blight, there is much more work to be done, and this software will provide much needed support as we continue our efforts to bring
vacant buildings back into productive use,» she said
in a statement.
In December, Nassau OTB selected the vacant Fortunoff building in Westbury to house the VLTs, but abandoned the project in the face of strong opposition from local, county and state official
In December, Nassau OTB selected the
vacant Fortunoff
building in Westbury to house the VLTs, but abandoned the project in the face of strong opposition from local, county and state official
in Westbury to house the VLTs, but abandoned the project
in the face of strong opposition from local, county and state official
in the face of strong opposition from local, county and state officials.
In advance of a deadline on Saturday, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) agreed to grant the Messier - run Kingsbridge National Ice Center another month to produce $ 138 million in funding for the first phase of the complex it plans to build at the site of the vacant armory in the Bron
In advance of a deadline on Saturday, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) agreed to grant the Messier - run Kingsbridge National Ice Center another month to produce $ 138 million
in funding for the first phase of the complex it plans to build at the site of the vacant armory in the Bron
in funding for the first phase of the complex it plans to
build at the site of the
vacant armory
in the Bron
in the Bronx.
In the Weeksville Cluster, Settlement Housing Fund and the Beachwood Organization will develop one
building with 44 units on three
vacant lots.
The project, on Walnut Avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets, involved new construction for 32 units
in seven
buildings where
vacant structures once stood, and the re-purposing of an historic, long - abandoned educational
building, for nine additional units.
In the East Harlem cluster, a team led by LOTT Community Development Corporation and MDG Design and Construction will construct four
buildings with 75 units on six
vacant lots.
Borough President Katz also proposed relocating the Queens Field Office to the
vacant space available
in the Addabbo Federal
Building in Jamaica, Queens.
In the Bedford - Stuyvesant East and Weeksville cluster, a team led by Habitat for Humanity will construct 10
buildings with 63 units on 14
vacant lots.