Real estate developer Robert Morgan faces dozens of federal charges for his alleged role in what the US Attorney’s Office says was a half-billion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
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COMIDA hearings on Morgan projects postponed
UPDATE 10:55 a.m. February 16 — The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency has postponed the hearings scheduled for today, due to the weather. New dates and times haven’t yet been decided. Original post: The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency will hold public hearings on tax incentive packages for several Morgan Management projects on Tuesday morning, including […]
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[UPDATED] Old psych center eyed for large redevelopment project
There’s a public meeting this week to talk about reusing the site for housing, commercial, and a hotel.
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University Ave. apartment plan tabled
After a long night of testimony on both sides, the City of Rochester’s Planning Commission opted last night to table Morgan Management’s application to build a 99-unit apartment complex on University Avenue, in the East Avenue Preservation District. The application should resurface later this month. Leading the opposition to the project was Bruce Barnes, director […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Forum on police-community relations; University Ave. apts. meeting; school board meeting
A forum on police-community relations will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, at the Faith Temple Apostolic Church, 141 Arnett Boulevard. The forum is sponsored by the United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and the NAACP. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley has been asked to […]
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Preservation Board says no negative impact from University Ave. apartment plan
Despite some lingering concerns about the size of the project and the planned removal of some older trees, members of the City of Rochester’s Preservation Board seem reassured about a proposed apartment complex for 933 University Avenue. The board met last night on Morgan Management’s controversial proposal for a 99-unit apartment building on the site, […]
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Preserving preservation
The plan for a new apartment building at 933 University Avenue is back in the news. The proposal, by Morgan Management, is on the Rochester Preservation Board’s August 7 agenda. The board won’t vote that night on whether the project should be built. But it will come up with a position on a key issue: […]
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Design redo
Morgan Management has submitted a revised plan for a proposed apartment development at 933 University Avenue. | The proposal has faced opposition from some neighborhood groups over its size and density. Eastman House officials oppose the project, too, as they had hoped to acquire the land. | Morgan Management has revised its plans several times […]
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Possible delay in controversial University Ave. apartment application
Updated Monday, May 13, at 3:20 p.m. The Planning Commission will not be taking up the application for the proposed University Avenue complex during its May 20 meeting. The Preservation board will instead make its recommendation during its regularly scheduled June 5 meeting, and the application will go before the Planning Commission on June 17, […]
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City should turn down University Ave. project
For more on this topic: See Christine Carrie Fien’s “Rochester’s apartment boom” in this week’s news section. The owners of Craft Company No. 6 have written a letter in opposition to the project. It’s not an attractive piece of property right now: a blacktopped parking lot and a mid-1920’s stucco house on University Avenue, to […]
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GEH has plan for University Ave.
The George Eastman House, which is fighting a Morgan Management
development plan for 933 University Avenue, adjacent to the museum campus, has released
an alternative proposal for the property.
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Eastman House wants another shot at vets club
A proposed apartment complex and a lingering dispute may keep the Eastman House from getting land the house director says is necessary for future expansion of the national historic landmark — one of two in the City of Rochester. (The other is the Susan B. Anthony house). Morgan Management has a contract with Monroe Voiture […]
