Monroe County officials are seeking a court judgement of more than $814,000 against Medley Centre’s former owner, Bersin Properties. The request stems from a tax incentive agreement between the dead mall’s owner and the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, Monroe County, the Town of Irondequoit, and the East Irondequoit school district. Bersin failed to make […]
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Morelle wants investigation of Medley’s state tax credits
State Assembly member Joe Morelle is calling for Empire State Development to investigate whether the Medley Centre project still is, or should be, eligible for its Empire Zone benefits. Developer Scott Congel bought the Irondequoit mall and the company that owns it, Bersin Properties, several years ago. Over the years, his plans for the mall […]
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Officials give Congel an ultimatum on Medley Centre
East Irondequoit school district and Town of Irondequoit officials are starting to talk tough to Medley Centre developer Scott Congel. At issue is a past-due $3.5 million penalty payment that Congel — through his company, Bersin Properties — was supposed to make to the district, town, and Monroe County Industrial Development Agency. The payment was […]
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Medley Centre’s long odds
The biggest and possibly only physical change happening at Irondequoit’s beleaguered Medley Centre mall seems to be the grass growing through the cracks in the parking lot. That shouldn’t be the case. By now, Medley developer Scott Congel is supposed to have invested $165 million toward his vision of turning the dead mall into a […]
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Medley, RBTL have theater deal
It’s a busy week in Medley Centre news. First, the East Irondequoit school board approved a measure requiring Medley Centre developer Scott Congel to pay several hundred thousand dollars for missing an investment milestone. And now, Arnie Rothschild, chair of Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s board, says that Congel has agreed to build a 3,000-seat theater, […]
