Wanting more money, the Albany City Council Wednesday turned down a company’s offer to buy three vacant city-owned lots so the business could expand.
The Albany City Council has taken the first step before deciding to dispose of three city-owned lots on Jackson Street and Ninth Avenue near the Helping Hands homeless shelter, which already owns most of that block.
Two parties have declared their interest in obtaining three lots owned by the City of Albany near the corner of Ninth Avenue and Jackson Steet. And I’m trying to learn why the city owns these properties in the first place.
Preparations continued this week on two city-owned lots Albany officials have designated as places where homeless people can stay when they’re barred from sleeping on other public land.
Council struggles with sale of 3 lots
The Albany City Council majority is still hoping to get at least $145,000 for three vacant lots it is trying to sell near the Pacific Boulevard overpass at Jackson Street and Ninth Avenue.
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