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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Court rules against former Medley owner
Bersin Properties failed to meet a schedule of payments as well as investment, construction, and employment milestones.
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Medley Centre faces auction, again
Medley Centre’s owner once again faces the possibility of losing rights to the dead mall and several related properties. This time, the issue is Bersin Properties’ unpaid debt to Passero Associates. Bersin hired the local engineering firm to help draw up plans to develop the former Irondequoit Mall, but never paid Passero in full for […]
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Could Medley Centre get a new owner?
Medley Centre could be sold at a tax auction on November 10. But as the public’s learned time and again with that property, predictions are foolish. Bersin Properties owns the dead and decaying mall in Irondequoit, and it still owes the county $1.2 million in property taxes from 2013. The way the whole tax-foreclosure thing […]
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Week ahead: sessions on Irondequoit’s ‘neglected properties,’ westside city bus route changes, and juvenile justice
At 7:35 p.m. Thursday, the Irondequoit Town Board will hold an informal public hearing on neglected and troubled properties. The hearing will be held at the Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Avenue. The board will be working on legislation regarding such properties, Supervisor Adam Bello says in a post on the town’s website. Officials want to […]
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Contaminated houses coming down
Sometime in the next couple of months, a crew contracted by the Town of Irondequoit will knock down two adjoining houses on Timrod Drive. The lots will be cleared and seeded with grass, creating a small green space. The town took ownership of the houses approximately two years ago as part of a legal settlement. […]
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Irondequoit releases draft comprehensive plan
Irondequoit officials will take public comments on a draft comprehensive plan for the town during a public forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7. A public hearing will take place at 7:35 p.m. on Thursday, August 21. Both meetings will be held at Town Hall, 1280 Titus Avenue. The town government hasn’t adopted a […]
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Termination of Medley tax agreement has begun
This morning, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency began the process of terminating the Medley Centre tax agreement. A press release from Monroe County says that COMIDA has “issued a notice of PILOT default to Medley Centre’s developer.” Yesterday, Bersin Properties failed to make a $3.8 million payment to COMIDA. The money would have been split […]
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Medley developer suing former lender
The owner of Medley Centre is suing Nomura Credit and Capital, the Japanese bank that withdrew its financing for the redevelopment project. (Read the complaint below.) Bersin Properties planned to make over the moribund mall for housing, retail, a hotel, and entertainment. Online records from the county clerk’s office show that Bersin filed the lawsuit […]
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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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East Irondequoit wants Congel to pay $4 million
When Medley Centre’s developer missed an investment milestone earlier this year, it was clear that he’d have to pay a penalty. Last night, the East Irondequoit school board provided some insight into what that penalty could be. According to media reports, board members voted to asses the developer, a firm owned by Scott Congel, a […]
