Photo by Kiki Vassilakis DeFazio’s Pizzeria’s new location at Albany Distilling Co., DeFazio’s x ADCo, opened Sept. 3. Located at 75 Livingston Ave., between Broadway and North Pearl Street and theREP’s nearby newly opened space, DeFazio’s is welcomed to ADCo as the evolving district’s latest attraction. Albany Distilling expanded into the space in 2018 following a $1 million renovation supported in […]
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Back To Business: Overit
July 14, 2021 – 7:53 am
With the coronavirus pandemic waning and the New York economy fully reopened, businesses are trying to figure out what practices and lessons from the past year to maintain and what to jettison in the so-called new normal. That’s the case with the Albany-based marketing and public relations agency Overit. “One of the positives from the […]
#DowntownWorks For Upside Collective
June 23, 2021 – 9:45 am
With a need for more space, the design and marketing firm Upside Collective started looking to relocate within the Region from its old home and the company had to cast a wide net before settling on its current location at 80 State St. in downtown Albany. “We looked all over the place within reason,” said […]
Back To Business: Capital Region Ujamaa Market
April 19, 2021 – 6:38 pm
The concept for the Capital Region Ujamaa Market predated the coronavirus pandemic, but the health crisis and the economic downturn it caused – as well as a national focus on social justice and equity – crystalized the need for an effort to support and showcase local Black-owned businesses, according to the market’s founder, George Lopez, […]
#DowntownWorks For Key Capture Energy
April 6, 2021 – 12:36 pm
Dan Fitzgerald co-founded the start-up company Key Capture Energy, an independent developer of utility-scale energy battery storage projects, in Houston, Texas in 2016. It was, at the time, a natural fit as Texas has long been known as the nation’s energy capital. But for Fitzgerald, a lifelong New York resident and UAlbany graduate, the idea […]
Back To Business: Capitol District Supply
March 30, 2021 – 1:57 pm
Selling plumbing, heating, kitchen and bath supplies and fixtures is a very hands-on process. Contractors need to come and pick up their orders, residential customers need to come into the showroom to consult with designers and select their preferred products – from cabinets and sinks to toilets, tubs and showers. At least, that’s how it […]
Back To Business: Irie Vybez
March 18, 2021 – 5:23 pm
Shaun Freeman believes that to be a successful entrepreneur “you have to get uncomfortable” in order to remain sharp and innovative. But the discomfort and upheaval that resulted from the early months of the coronavirus pandemic last year was more than even the co-founder and owner of the popular Central Avenue Jamaican restaurant Irie Vybez […]
Revitalization of 1.62-Acre Midtown Western Avenue Site To Bring New Energy And Opportunities To Pine Hills Neighborhood
March 18, 2021 – 2:00 pm
$27.3 million investment to create 97 apartment units, generate a $33.6 million economic impact and boost revenue to local taxing jurisdictions View the announcement’s press release here Complementing investment surrounding the University at Albany’s downtown campus and supporting new mixed-use development opportunities, a $27.3 million investment into a 1.62-acre site located at the intersection of […]
With ‘Downtown on the Cusp of A New Era’ Brown & Weinraub Expands Into New 76 N. Pearl St. Office Space
March 18, 2021 – 10:52 am
#DowntownWorks A combined love of downtown and all it has to offer plus the proximity to the state Capitol ultimately sealed the deal. David Weinraub is a self-described “city person.” “I’m not a corporate park person,” the veteran Albany lobbyist said. “I don’t like antiseptic. I don’t want to hear the […]
Back To Business: Barks On Lark
March 11, 2021 – 12:18 pm
This time last year, Cara Bronner was embarking on a new phase of her career as an educator after leaving a job as a fourth-grade teacher and accepting a new post as a curriculum specialist at BOCES. When the COVID crisis hit, BOCES lost funding and as a result Bronner lost her new position. And […]
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