LIVONIA – The Town Board said at their Thursday meeting that they are prioritizing potential new policy to address the recently explosive issue of an unwelcome stretch of four rental properties, but that such change, if it happens, will have to come slowly. Livonia Town Supervisor Eric Gott committed to addressing the issue to the about 50 members of the public who attended the meeting to voice serious concerns with four rental properties in … [Read more...]
Houston Appeals to Village About Out-of-Control Student Housing
GENESEO – Village resident and current sitting Justice Kathleen Houston appeared at Monday night's Village Board meeting as a concerned Village resident to ask if anything can be done about the increased student housing slowly encroaching over the Village. Justice Houston said that although she knows many local landlords personally and gets that they have businesses and livelihoods to maintain, it is sad to see so many historic residences go … [Read more...]
Rent Hikes Squeezing Geneseo Plaza Businesses
GENESEO – Now that several large chain stores like Hallmark, AT&T, and Staples have decided to pull stakes and relocate, business owners in the Genesee Valley Plaza are saying that enough is enough when it comes to rent hikes. According to Geneseo Town Supervisor William Wadsworth, the relocations are the influence of the commercial real estate company that owns the plaza. This company is Brixmor, a national-scale real estate company with … [Read more...]