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Syracuse IDA grants waiver for nonlocal foundation contractor on Northside Genesee after local bids fall through

5771102 · September 17, 2025
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The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency granted a waiver to allow a nonlocal contractor, Rigoni Foundations, to perform the $3.5 million foundation package for the Northside Genesee project after many previously identified local contractors were unavailable to reaffirm bids.

The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency voted to grant a requested waiver from its local-access bidding policy to allow a nonlocal contractor to perform the concrete foundations, slabs and reinforcement package for the Northside Genesee project after several previously identified contractors declined to reaffirm pricing.

Otis DeLuca, the project manager, told the board that the Northside project was bid in 2023 and again this spring after financing delays. He said the team initially sent the package to 23 contractors (16 within the local-access area and 7 outside); when the owners sought reaffirmed prices a year later many contractors were unavailable…

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