Monday, April 29, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
MASSENA -- A $500,000 state grant will turn the former Slavin’s building, 2-4 Water St., into a mixed-use building that includes commercial, retail and market-rate apartments, Mayor Tim Currier …
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MASSENA -- A $500,000 state grant will turn the former Slavin’s building, 2-4 Water St., into a mixed-use building that includes commercial, retail and market-rate apartments, Mayor Tim Currier said.
The 12,000 square-foot vacant building will have two 4,000 square-foot retail spaces and three 1,300 square-foot upper midscale apartments.
Total project cost is estimated to cost a minimum of $727,885.
Currier said it may end up costing more. Anything over the $500,000 would be paid for by the developer. The village will spend no money on the building, the mayor said.
This project will include involvement from the Village of Massena and Ricky L. Hamelin of Downtown Massena LLC, the developer. The property is owned by Downtown Massena LLC, and Hamelin will eventually acquire it from the group.
Rivercrest Enterprises Inc. will do the construction.
Currier is touting the project as something that will be a boon to downtown and add properties to the local tax rolls.
“This award will facilitate the implementation of that vision and take a building with great history in the downtown core, which has been vacant for years, return it to the tax role and make it vibrant again,” Currier said in a news release. “Completion of this project will ensure sustainable growth within the North Country region and New York state, and will also increase the number of downtown businesses and revitalization efforts within the Village of Massena.”
The former Slavin’s furniture store, which occupied nearly the entire block on Water Street from 1920 to 2000, was demolished in 2010 by order of the Village of Massena Board of Trustees.
In May 2013, the Village of Massena entered into an agreement with Downtown Massena LLC, which would work to find tenants and redevelop the property.
When Currier took office, he considered the Slavin’s building a priority and began to work with the Village’s Strategic Development Team and the Downtown Massena LLC to identify funding sources.
In September of last year, the Board of Trustees authorized the mayor to apply for the Restore New York Community Initiative funds, which have now been awarded.
