Wow, I saw something in the paper about this, but I didn't realize it was the Army Depot that was going up for sale. Now, can anybody go in there? I would like to get a better picture of this monument, as if this is redeveloped, it's likely the monument could be gone forever, just like the apartments.
Now, since this is owned by the GSA, is this property currently on the tax records, or will this be an addition to the tax records, helping the townspeople? And which school district will it help, as it seems to be in the middle of Schalmont, but the students always went to Mohonasen, from what I remember.
Hummmm, learn something new everyday. Where exactly is this property. Unless it is next to Roman Villa, I can't place it.
Yes, I think this is the property that they're talking about. It has the driveway there, but I think it also circles all the way around the library back towards the old WMHT building.
The homes along Wescott Rd N and near the library were the officers and their families homes. JG Roman Villa was the old dispensary bldg. The rest of enlisted personal and officers of lower rank waiting for other housing to become available lived in the apartment buildings between Roman Villa and the old Democratic club where martial arts are taught now.
I would like to see them save the one and only building that Pres. Carter actually lived in. I think it would be a great piece of history for this area in the future!
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ROTTERDAM Federal property auctioned off $1.92 million offered for ex-Army housing site BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net
Rotterdam could see a sizeable property returned to the tax rolls in a few months. Officials from the U.S. General Services Administration concluded the auction of the former Rotterdam Housing Area Wednesday, with the winning bidder offering $1.92 million for the property. Spokeswoman Paula Santangelo said the name of the bidder won’t be disclosed until the property sale is made final within 60 days. “Its an anonymous bidder at this point,” she said. Since December, the agency received 31 bids on the 8.1 acres off Route 7. The property contains a two-story duplex townhouse, ranch-style residence and six apartment buildings that once housed military personnel stationed at the former Schenectady Army Depot. Bidders were required to submit a $100,000 deposit with GSA. Santangelo said the winning bidder will also need to pay 10 percent of the remaining balance on the property within two days of being contacted by the government. “Without that, it will be rejected,” Former President Jimmy Carter lived with his wife, Rosalynn in Apartment 7 of Building 471 of the complex while studying nuclear physics and reactor technology at Union College until 1953. After he became president in 1977, military officials erected a stone marker and plaque in the center of the complex to denote his stay. The complex is the last of the former Schenectady Army Depot property to be sold by GSA. In August, GSA officials auctioned the two colonial houses on 1.5 acres off Wescott Road. Santangelo said the property was transferred to Drew and Christopher Maddalone in February, after they submitted a winning bid of $391,000. Christopher Maddalone is the president and chief executive officer of Maddalone & Associates, a Schenectady-based realty company that manages more than 600 properties across the Capital Region. Maddalone could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
ROTTERDAM Old military housing likely apartment site BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net
The town could soon have a major piece of real estate back on the tax rolls, but the buyers of the former Rotterdam Housing Area aren't yet saying what they intend to do with the property. Sync Realty, a Philadelphia-based property development company, is putting together financing to purchase the property for their winning bid of $1.92 million. Tong Cheng Zhang, an associate with Sync Realty, said most details of what the company has in mind for the property will have to wait until the deal closes sometime in mid-May. He said preliminary plans are to use the property as a housing complex. "I don't have anything concrete yet," he said Monday. Officials from the U.S. General Services Administration ended bidding on the property in February, three months after it was put up for auction. In total, the agency received 31 bids for the 8.1 acres off Route 7. The property contains a twostory duplex townhouse, ranchstyle residence and six apartment buildings that once housed military personnel stationed at the former Schenectady Army Depot. Former President Jimmy Carter lived with his wife, Rosalynn in Apartment 7 of Building 471 of the complex while studying nuclear physics and reactor technology at Union College until 1953. The pending sale represents the second large swath of former government property in Rotterdam to be auctioned off by the GSA. In February, GSA officials sold the two colonial houses on 1.5 acres off North Wescott Road to Drew and Christopher Maddalone after they submitted a bid of $391,000. The Maddalones approached town officials earlier this month, seeking to change the parcel's zoning from commercial to retail business. The town conducted a public hearing on the proposed change last week and could act on the change during their first meeting next month. Christopher Maddalone told board members he intends to keep the two buildings as residential properties, but would like to have the option of utilizing them for commercial offices. He said the property will likely be placed back on the market. "Our intent is to leave the buildings as they are and sell them," he explained during the public hearing. "So in the future, someone could purchase them and rent one out as a professional building." Some residents at the hearing offered concerns the zone change could result in the property drawing an business not fitting in the character of the predominantly residential area. But Supervisor Steve Tommasone said the change would be "dropping down a level" of zoning, thereby allowing less uses for the property.
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Some residents at the hearing offered concerns the zone change could result in the property drawing an business not fitting in the character of the predominantly residential area. But Supervisor Steve Tommasone said the change would be "dropping down a level" of zoning, thereby allowing less uses for the property.
MFH better than a strip club......
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And the thing is, Bumble, that this is right in my backyard, too. There is one reason I will not bring this up as an issue with MFRH, though. This is a place that for a long time has already BEEN MFRH. While it has not been owned by a "landlord" per se, this is exactly what this is, and it has found it's niche where it is.
I have no issue with MFRH that is already there and especially has been there for as much time as it has been. My issue is with new MFRH. Especially with the fact that children are having less and less place to play as families live on top of other families.
Where do you expect them to go out and spend that energy to burn off all the excess calories that they eat while sitting and playing Grand Theft Auto IV?
There's less and less areas for these kids to go to, and it's less and less safe for them to do so, whether it's the "global warming" that we can't let them spend the time out it, or the increase of the crime getting pushed out of the city into the suburbs.
If you live to close to the neighbors, it's the same as living too far from them, you won't know what they're doing. People don't watch out for each other like it used to be, they only watch out for themselves and the Almighty Dollar.
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