A state judge rejected the group’s argument that the city performed an inadequate review of the project and made an arbitrary zoning change.
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
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Colgate neighbors sue over development
A group of residents near the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus are suing to stop local developer Angelo Ingrassia and his company, ROC Goodman, from moving forward with his plan to develop the site. The Colgate Neighbors group and several individually named neighbors of the project filed the lawsuit against the city, City […]
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Council approves rezoning former Colgate campus
During its meeting Tuesday night, City Council voted 5-3 to rezone the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus from Institutional Planned Development to a Planned Development District. The new zoning clears a major hurdle for developer Angelo Ingrassia, since it allows for greater flexibility in the development of the site. Council members Jackie Ortiz, Malik Evans, […]
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Colgate’s south lawn will remain undeveloped, revised plan says
Developer Angelo Ingrassia, who hopes to buy and develop the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity school campus, has promised not to ever develop the sweeping south lawn on South Goodman Street and Highland Avenue. Ingrassia has agreed to a “preservation easement in perpetuity,” according to a statement today from his spokesperson. Ingrassia has been meeting with […]
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CRCDS names its next president
For the first time in its 200-year history, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School will be led by a woman. The school announced today that it has named Angela Sims, a vice president at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas and Oklahoma, as its next president.
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CRCDS developer outlines plans for campus
Redevelopment of the 23-acre Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School property faces a challenge: producing enough income from new buildings to make it possible to preserve the historic main buildings and the broad lawn on the south side of the campus. At a meeting with Highland Park area residents Monday night, developer Angelo Ingrassia fleshed out […]
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Urban Action 4/3
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) CRCDS plans to be shown Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Sector 6 will hold a presentation on Monday, April 8, by developer Angelo Ingrassia concerning his plans for the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School […]
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Divinity school development plans move forward
Developer Angelo Ingrassia’s Spot on Development is working with the city to make Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School’s former 22.5 acre campus into a Planned Development District.
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Aqueduct, Colgate worry preservationists
The Landmark Society of Western New York has usually used its annual “Five to Revive” list to draw public attention and financial support to restoring historic buildings throughout the Rochester region. With the list, the Landmark Society is telling communities and developers that there’s unmined gold in repurposing – rather than ignoring or demolishing — […]
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Developer Ingrassia has contract to buy CRCDS
Highland Park Neighborhood Association, Rochester landmarks, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester housing development
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Divinity school has new buyer
The sale of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School’s campus to Top Capital of New York is off, CRCDS official Thomas McDade Clay, says. “But we have a new buyer,” said McDade Clay, who is the school’s vice president for institutional advancement. Top Capital had planned to invest $36 million in renovations to the divinity […]
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CRCDS landmark status delayed
At a special joint hearing last week of the city’s Preservation Board and Planning Commission, Thomas McDade Clay, vice president of institutional advancement at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, pleaded with members for more time – and he got it. McDade Clay asked members of the two boards to delay their vote on whether CRCDS […]
