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Central Warehouse developers say more public funds needed (archive.is)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/albany

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Sounds like the developers are running into a few issues that will complicate the planned renovation of the building.

With the history of failed attempts it’s hard to be optimistic, the developers seem to want to do the right thing but it’s definitely going to cost them more than they expected and that’s a hard pill to swallow.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's true. I wonder how well they'll be able to work around the asbestos and whatnot if keeping the current structure. Obviously many actively used buildings have it but since they haven't fallen into disrepair it generally hasn't been too much of an issue in comparison the author here mentions the walls bowing out and being misaligned so it seems like fixing the structural issues will be a nightmare. Guess I see why they are asking for so much