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People have moved into several dozen apartments following a multi-million dollar renovation project at the old Binghamton Town Hall in the city center.
The old municipal building was acquired by Dr David Solarz of Westchester County in December 2019 for $ 1.8 million.
The structure between State Street and Collier Street was built in 1897 and 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 50 years ago.
Solarz said the 50-unit Park Place Plaza apartment complex opened in August. He said that only one apartment is not rented at the moment.
Speaking on WNBF radios Binghamton now program, Solarz said the restoration of the building “has been a real success for Binghamton”.
City code enforcement officials posted conviction notices on the site in July 2019 due to unsafe conditions.
Solarz said a lot of work needs to be done to clean up the place. He said “bags of machetes and garbage” had been removed from the property, which had recently been used as a hotel. He said “there were all kinds of surprises” discovered in the building.
While most of the renovations are complete, Solarz said a laundry room and gym are yet to be completed.
Contact WNBF News reporter Bob Joseph: [email protected].
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