DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

The Albany County Land Bank controls three large clusters of properties in the City of Albany and has assembled them for development. These clusters are located in the South End, West Hill/Arbor Hill, and Beverwyck neighborhoods. These clusters have unique characteristics, demographics, resident needs, and long-term visions.

To ensure that these developments are successful, the Land Bank has taken an active role in shaping these projects with the developers to incorporate the wants and needs of the community and making sure we have the most updated visions of the community through continued engagement until the project is ready to build.

Flip the Block - First & Second Street

Developer: Albany County Land Bank Corporation

Partners: New Yor State Homes and Community Renewal

The Land Bank reacquired 16 vacant lots from the Arbor Hill Development Corporation along two blocks in Albany’s West Hill Neighborhood to create 17 new homeownership units. This project aims to flip the economics and fortunes of a heavily disinvested neighborhood one block at a time by creating new affordable homeownership while helping existing neighborhood homeowners and renters through home improvements and social services.