The city alleges that CityGate developer Anthony J. Costello & Sons has neglected to turn over property taxes.
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At home on the canal
It’s a safe assumption that few government leaders or canal-community residents could have foreseen the canal’s banks becoming a sought-after location for high-end housing.
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Drive-throughs proposed for CityGate
A proposal to add two drive-throughs to the CityGate project in the southern edge of the City of Rochester is adding to complaints that the $200 million canal-front development is too suburban in layout and design. The City Planning Commission will consider the application for the drive-throughs at a meeting on Monday, March 10. CityGate […]
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Conversion therapy
The Upper Mt. Hope neighborhood is part of a busy universe right now, with the College Town and CityGate development projects, as well as the construction of a new Route 390 interchange at Kendrick Road. Amid these growing pains, members of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association say they are working with City Hall to […]
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Feedback 1/22
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State will finish detention center work
Monroe County will be able to move its children’s detention center to the Industry Residential Center in Rush as of January 10, say state officials.
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Dems float detention center funding plan
Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature say they have a plan to pass financing for a new children’s detention center — the center is already in the works. But Legislature Republicans have already rejected the idea once. This latest proposal is just another aspect of a boiling — and increasingly sprawling — feud in the […]
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Dems again block borrowing; GOP says Costco at risk
An ongoing County Legislature feud is only going to get more complicated, now that a proposed Costco store and the county’s Children’s Detention Center are getting dragged into it. The conflict has its roots in two issues: a Democratic proposal to form a committee to conduct an internal review related to county-linked local development corporations; […]
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Week Ahead: County ethics proposal, Citygate hearing
The Monroe County Legislature will meet Tuesday night and it’ll take up legislation to update a section of county ethics law. Democrat Josh Bauroth proposed a measure prohibiting county employees and officials from accepting gifts from anyone doing business with the county. In an introductory memo, Bauroth said that the current law is not clear […]
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Costello lays out CityGate plans for Mt. Hope neighbors
Developer Anthony Costello met with residents of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood last night to discuss his company’s CityGate project. He pitched the project as a walkable, mixed-use development that will draw on the canal front and incorporate some of the history of the Iola campus. Costello and his son, Brett, announced new plans for […]
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CityGate plans include a Costco
This post has been corrected and clarified. Developers Anthony and Brett Costello are rebooting their proposed CityGate project in Rochester, revealing at a press conference this morning that Costco will be CityGate’s anchor tenant. CityGate would be located at the former Iola Campus at the intersection of East Henrietta and Westfall roads. A previous CityGate […]
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IOLA facelift
Faced with a massive budget crunch in 2003, Monroe County got creative with its revenue streams. It started selling naming rights to parks and portions of its IOLA campus at East Henrietta and Westfall roads. And it was roundly criticized for giving up the store for what were considered one-shot revenue enhancements. But it appears […]
