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Commission approves phase 1 of Syracuse Development Center, a mixed affordable housing project on South Wilbur
Summary
The Planning Commission approved project-plan review for phase 1 of the Syracuse Development Center (SDC) in the PDD district, allowing a multi-building, predominantly affordable housing development with townhouses and multifamily buildings. The project will use New York State affordable housing financing and is designed to be all‑electric.
The Syracuse Planning Commission approved project-plan review for Phase 1 of the Syracuse Development Center (SDC), a multibuilding planned development district project on South Wilbur Avenue that the applicant described as largely affordable housing, financed in part through state affordable housing mechanisms.
Joe McNinch of SWBR, representing the Albanese organization, and co-developer Lowell Nemitz of Home Headquarters described Phase 1 as a primarily affordable-housing proposal that includes 27 multi-story, for-sale, owner-occupied townhouses plus multifamily buildings with studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. “As you come in off of South Wilbur, you're met with 27, multi story, for sale, owner occupied townhouses,” McNinch said. He said the design emphasizes exterior green space, community rooms, fitness…
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