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Discussion of repurposing empty buildings for housing
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Council Member Brewer brings up several empty buildings that could potentially be repurposed for housing, including the Windermere and buildings being vacated by H&H (Health and Hospitals). Commissioner Tigani agrees to follow up on these suggestions.
- The Windermere building is empty and could potentially provide 500-600 housing units
- Goddard Riverside is interested in purchasing the Windermere
- Buildings being vacated by H&H could be purchased by nonprofits for housing
- Tigani agrees to follow up on the Windermere and to discuss the H&H buildings with the agency
Gale A. Brewer
1:45:59
Okay.
1:46:00
Windermere is 50, empty.
1:46:03
Goddard would like to buy it.
1:46:06
It would give you about five, six hundred units, maybe more.
1:46:09
Sits there, empty.
1:46:11
Owner wants to sell.
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Owner wants 70,000,000.
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God thinks it's worth 30, maybe 50 in the middle.
1:46:18
I keep mentioning it.
1:46:19
We're all looking for housing, but it sits in the middle of our eyes, all over the place.
1:46:24
And then all the buildings that H and H is leaving, I'm trying to get them to go to non profits.
1:46:29
I don't hear anybody discussing that.
1:46:31
The minute H and H leaves, if it's a hotel, may go back to a hotel.
1:46:35
But there are SROs out there.
1:46:37
So I I just we we should be jumping on them to purchase them by a nonprofit and helping them.
1:46:42
Just a suggestion.
1:46:43
Yep.
Ahmed Tigani
1:46:45
We can we'll follow-up both on the wind and mirror.
1:46:47
And again Okay.
1:46:47
We have projects that come to us.
1:46:49
There are steps like making sure that there's a appraisal and acquisition price, but there are tools that we have to help nonprofits as well.
1:46:57
So we can on that plus any other buildings.
1:47:00
And we'll talk to H and H about the issue you just raised.
Gale A. Brewer
1:47:02
Okay.