The owners of Ferri Formals are shrewd business owners. They will either win their battle OR the plex will relocate them to a more desirable location at the taxpayer's expense. Remember Pizza King?
Or they can threaten to move out of schenectady county........then they'll get a plex offer they can't refuse. Remember Marcellas?
Ferri formals has everything to gain and nothing to lose.
Envision this sort of scenario with the Alco project as it relates to the future status of Super Steel. They have inititally balked at leaving this site for now. One can see as the property is developed with housing of some sort, and people become reluctant to move next to/nearby such a business, thereby impeding the sales of said housing, you can sense the Plex will be forced to offer them a sweatheart deal to relocate. Even eminent domain has it's limitations. If this has not occured to SS it will eventually. If it has already-smart move. Also won't the Adult book store relocation from Erie be across from the Alco where it will be zoned for such an establishment? Won't that be an unpleasant eyesore for would be housing purchasers as well?
Super Steel was in Glenville and went belly up. I think you mean Schenectady Steel which is growing, has many good jobs and is not going anywhere. The Metrograft housing "plan" for the ALCO industrial site is stunad. Just like all their other "plans". This site must remain industrial.
The last thing the City needs is more surplus housing to further collapse resale prices. The City needs reindustrialization-not more surplus housing. Check out the other great City condo project on Anthony Street where hundreds of trees were clear cut for all of 2 condos.
SCHENECTADY Talks continue in Union Street parking dispute BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore at 395-3120 or moore@dailygazette.com.
Proposed compromises are fl ying back and forth between city officials and the upper Union Street bridal shop owner who is fighting to keep her parking lot. The sticking point: owner Marylu Aragosa wants to keep control of her parking spaces, even if they are placed in a cityowned “bump-out” parking lot. Her engineer has designed a way to add fi ve spaces to the city’s plan, with four of those spaces being deeded over to Aragosa. “If we must do a bump-out, we’re willing to be flexible about it,” Aragosa said. But three city officials, who all asked not to be named, said the engineering proposal isn’t workable because it doesn’t leave enough space for the cars to back out. They countered with a compromise of their own: the city could designate a 15-minute loading zone, which Aragosa’s customers could use when picking up delicate silk gowns. But Aragosa rejected that idea. “It’s nice to see they’re looking to accommodate my business needs, but I need the parking as well,” she said, explaining that her customers want to park directly in front of her store. ........................>>>>...............................>>>>...........................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01601&AppName=1
SCHENECTADY -- An Upper Union Street bridal store owner has won her fight to keep private parking in front of her business.
The city and the Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority have agreed to not take three business owners' frontages in the 1600 block of Union Street for municipal parking, and instead will just rebuild the lots' sidewalks, curbs and paving.
"I'm happy," said Ferri Formals and Bridals owner Marylu Aragosa. "I get to keep my property and my customers will not be inconvenienced with this plan."
Good for her! I'm sure if she thought that this plex move was the best for her business and her customers, she would have agreed. But as a private business owner......she knows best.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
You mean a Metroplex decision was refuted?! Wow, if this had happened years ago, maybe the City would have some businesses in Downtown which actually pay property and school taxes instead of some nickle and dime PILOT payment.
Maybe Metroplex doesn't know how to do business after all. A horrible lesson learned for millions and millions of taxpayer dollars wasted.
Maybe Metroplex doesn't know how to do business after all. A horrible lesson learned for millions and millions of taxpayer dollars wasted.
Your County sales tax dollars at work! Someone Downtown should have stood up to these nit wits years ago. Maybe we would have some retail today. How's Death Ray's retail mecca at the old Robinson's Furniture doing?-lol. A wall of silence from the MSM on the last jewelry store fleeing Downtown. Just 2 doors down from the "renaissance"Parker Inn!
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Super Steel was in Glenville and went belly up. I think you mean Schenectady Steel which is growing, has many good jobs and is not going anywhere. The Metrograft housing "plan" for the ALCO industrial site is stunad. Just like all their other "plans". This site must remain industrial.
A victory for her and small businesses everywhere. People were coming out of the woodwork to support her. Finally sense has triumphed over Metrograft.
