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Public hearing held on rezoning former St. Clair's Hospital site; developers propose ~240 apartments, neighbors raise concerns
Summary
The Schenectady City Council held a public hearing Feb. 24 on rezoning the former St. Clair27s Hospital campus from institutional to R-3 multiple-family residential; developers described plans for roughly 240 apartments and a 20,000-square-foot day care while neighbors voiced concerns about traffic, homeownership and property values.
The Schenectady City Council held a public hearing Feb. 24 on a proposal to rezone the former St. Clair27s Hospital campus from an institutional district to an R-3 multiple-family residential district. Several civic and business leaders urged the council to allow adaptive reuse; neighborhood residents urged the council to prioritize homeownership and asked for more impact studies.
Mark Egan, president and CEO of the Schenectady Chamber of Commerce, told the council the site "was never on the city's tax rolls" and called the proposed conversion a chance to "transform it to a new use and really create a new neighborhood." Ray Gillen, chairman of Metroplex and Schenectady County commissioner of planning and economic development, said the campus should not remain…
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