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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI:  Other neighborhood news:  A new 120+ unit luxury condo building is going up on the site of the old Brass knob building on N St and Hanover, down the street from SOME.  Building will commence later this year once the construction on MV is done.  Designed by the same architectural firm as MV.  So traffic will not be getting better anytime soon.

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lets not forget that MV wants to partner with someone to renovate the old abandoned building across the street from the school.[/quote]

Can you share what you know about that?  The building is actually occupied, not "abandoned" though it looks like it's in bad shape.  It's city owned but used by an educational non-profit who run a head start program there.[/quote]

I was referring to the building to the right I think its 43 P ST. Was used as a school once upon a time but now it is to run down for a charter to renovate it on its own dime. They have a vision of one day being able to partner to renovate the building.. didn't make it clear if it was partnering with another school or a private entity. You are probably talking about the other building that is used as an early education center. [/quote]

Both of those buildings are owned by the city.  No-one can do anything with them until the city decides that they are surplus.  It's not like they can just find a partner and do it.  There are buildings like that all over the city and nothing can be done about them.  In the meantime plenty of schools are looking for permanent locations.[/quote]

The paperwork for the building says that it is up for grabs and that Charters have first dibs... No one can take he building because of the amount of work. The other building is said to be occupied.[/quote]

What paper work?  (Sorry for all the questions, just curious).  Is the cost issue because it's a historic building?[/quote]

Yes.  It is a cost issue.  The old building cannot be razed but the building has to be preserved and renovated.   Same as the old Brass Knob building on N st which cannot be bulldozed.  The front facade has to be preserved thus it costs more money, thus the luxury condos going up in the back while preserving the front facade.  Also, height restrictions which limits the number of units.[/quote]

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