Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks has sent out a press release announcing that the county has completed the purchase of Kodak properties on State Street, which will be used for a new Monroe Community College campus. The press release says that the purchase was completed this afternoon. The county is paying just shy of $3 […]
Winn Development
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Will historic conversions save the City of Rochester?
The people behind some of the City of Rochester’s highest-profile building projects updated the audience on their plans and their progress at a luncheon put on Tuesday by the Downtown Development Corporation. FILE PHOTO The Sibley building. You should expect to see some action around the Sibley building this summer, said Gilbert Winn, managing principal […]
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Tax deal for Sibley building approved
The board of the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency
unanimously approved a tax deal this afternoon for the developer of the Sibley
building downtown.
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County on defense over Sibley deal
Mayor Tom Richards says the county is playing politics with the Sibley building sale.
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Council approves Sibley deal
Rochester City Council members have approved a $5-million deal to sell the Sibley building to the Sibley Redevelopment Limited Partnership, an entity to be formed by Boston-based Winn Development. Winn plans to invest up to $150 million over 10 years to renovate the building for retail, offices, and housing. Council members were initially skeptical of […]
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Week ahead: water-level teleconference, Sibley building vote
On Tuesday, a joint US-Canada board tasked with managing St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario water levels will hold a teleconference on that topic. The teleconference, which starts at 7 p.m., is being held by the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control, a sub-board of the International Joint Commission. The presentation will address current […]
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The week ahead: meetings on teacher evals, East truancy, Sibley building; key primaries
The Rochester school board will hold a special session Tuesday night, September 11, to discuss the latest version of the district’s teacher evaluation plan. The plan was recently submitted to the State Education Department for approval. All teachers and principals must be evaluated using the new plan this school year. The evaluation plan has been […]
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Bad memories haunt Sibley deal
The extended limbo in which the City of Rochester has found itself over the Sibley building — unable to collect on a huge outstanding debt, unwilling to foreclose on a massive, underused building — has made City Council members gun-shy. They say they want to make sure the city doesn’t fall into the same trap […]
