Resort-style community planned for Halfmoon
Town planners are looking at a 10-building luxury apartment development project in Halfmoon that would bring restaurants, retail stores, offices, and more to a 21-acre empty lot at the intersection of Route 146 and Old Route 146. Scott Earl, owner of Twin Bridges Waste & Recycling, is developing the project called One-Four-Six Marketplace, a story in the Albany Business Journal says.
Roohans buy Diamond Brady Plaza
Diamond Brady Plaza on Putnam Street in downtown Saratoga Springs has been sold to real estate broker Tom Roohan and his wife Kristie. Bruce Levinsky had been the owner of the 31,500-square-foot complex. The 31,500-square foot complex sold for $3.95 million, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. The property is home to a couple retail establishments and restaurants. This makes the seventh building the Roohans own, the story says.
[Editor’s note: That block is among those targeted by Commissioner of Accounts Dillon Moran and ripe for permanent, or semi-permanent outdoor seating. The block is commercial only.]
Artist publishes “Racoons Go Rafting”
Glens Falls artist Anthony Richichi has illustrated a children’s book “Raccoons Go Rafting,” published by Saratoga Springs Publishing, the Post-Star is reporting. Written by Rachel Vogel, the story follows rambunctious racoons river rafting. He operates out of a studio on McDonald Street in the city.
Motorcycle race crash kills owner of Innovative Test Solutions
The owner of the Schenectady engineering firm Innovative Test Solutions died during a motocycle racing accident in Minnesota on Friday afternoon, according to MotoAmerica, the Daily Gazette is reporting. Scott Briody, 50, died when he crashed during a qualifying round on July 29 in Brainerd, Minn. Briody was the vice president and CEO of the mechanical engineering and testing laboratory that he co-founded in 2004. He had a wife and three children.
Malta Planning nixes marina project
The Malta Planning Board voted against the controversial South Shore Marina on Saratoga Lake. They said the developers could not articulate enough of a public benefit to allow the project to move forward, and the project was too large, too dense, had troubles with traffic and aesthetics, the Times Union says. Many residents had vociferously opposed the project in the past.