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Developers seek site-plan reapproval for Gateway Center adaptive reuse in Jamestown
Summary
Project sponsor SEL told the Jamestown Planning Commission the long‑approved Gateway Center redevelopment is ready to move forward if site-plan and zoning approvals are in place; the plan would convert the existing Gateway Center into supportive and affordable housing and add public green space along the river.
Representatives for the project sponsor SEL asked the Jamestown Planning Commission at a work session to consider reapproval of a previously approved site plan for the Gateway Center adaptive‑reuse project.
Lindsay Hovnerick, an attorney with Phillips Lytle representing the sponsor, told commissioners the project previously completed a multi‑year review with the city and that “we are getting close, though. That's why we're back here before you,” citing financing delays caused by COVID and a lapsed site‑plan extension (Lindsay Hovnerick, attorney with Phillips Lytle). She said the sponsor is pursuing funding from the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, the New York State Empire State Development agency and a Federal Home Loan Bank program that uses an annual application round.
Why it matters: the applicant told the commission that a funding application round in March is a critical deadline for one of the…
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