Developers propose Union Station conversion to 50 apartments and a 15,000‑sq‑ft data center; board tables for supplemental submissions

Redbird Delvin Partners reintroduced plans Tuesday to convert Union Station (575 Broadway) into a 50‑unit mixed‑use building that would preserve a large public lobby and accommodate a roughly 15,000‑square‑foot data center, and the Albany City Planning Board tabled the development plan review pending supplemental submissions.

Joe Panchero, representing the applicant (Redbird Delvin Partners / 575 Broadway Holdings LLC), said the proposal would convert the existing 30,900‑square‑foot building into 50 dwelling units and office/general space while preserving about 10,000 square feet of the grand lobby for public or event use. The applicant said the data center footprint occupies a central floor area of roughly 15,282 square feet and that most work is interior; exterior site changes would be minimal and limited to staff‑recommended public‑realm items such as lighting, signage and any required sidewalk/landscape adjustments.

Staff noted the building is listed in the National Register and sits in the Historic Resources District; any exterior repairs or alterations will require Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) and coordination with State and National Park Service reviewers because the applicant intends to use state and federal historic tax credits. Planning staff recommended tabling the DPR until the applicant submits updated floor plans that call out laundry and trash storage areas, bicycle parking location/type, photometric lighting information and COA permit documentation. The board moved, seconded and voted to table the item to allow the applicant to complete department circulation and comments.