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Event: Getting Grant Ready

October 2, 2025 – 11:01 am

Join Capitalize Albany staff and representatives from the UpState New York Black Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District and the Central Avenue Business Improvement District for an in-person technical assistance workshop providing a foundation to grant writing with Q&A opportunities, tips on tools and best practices for preparing successful grant proposals. This […]

Bond Issuance To Support Albany Medical Center Improvements and Expansion of Emergency Department

September 18, 2025 – 4:08 pm

View Announcement Press Release  Capital Resource Corporation Issuance to Support Reinvestment In local Strategic Initiatives Financing made possible with the issuance of up to $425 million in both tax-exempt and taxable bonds will support Albany Medical Center (AMC) — as it advances plans to expand its adult emergency department. The up to $425 million bond […]

$97.3 Million Investment To Reshape South End Neighborhood Developing 166 Multifamily Affordable Housing Units On 64 Vacant Parcels

September 18, 2025 – 3:25 pm

View Announcement Press Release  Project Will Create At Least 100 Construction Jobs, Bring 62 Newly Constructed buildings To Currently Tax-Exempt Properties A $97.3 million investment will bring 64 vacant and underutilized land parcels back on to taxable rolls with the new construction of 62 new buildings containing a total of 166 affordable housing units. Made […]

Albany Heat Pump Supplier Takes Space in Former Freihofer Baking Co. Building Ahead of Statewide Shift to All-Electric Construction

September 16, 2025 – 4:56 pm

View Announcement Press Release  Lucent Building Supply’s new showroom advances the $6.5M transformation of 242 Spruce St. — infusing the Former Freihofer site in the Sheridan Hollow Neighborhood with New commercial energy New investment continues the transformation of the formerly vacant and blighted Freihofer Baking Co. building at 242 Spruce Street in Albany’s Sheridan Hollow […]

New Downtown Location To Support Albany Center Gallery Expansion

August 5, 2025 – 3:24 pm

Albany Center Gallery, a nonprofit art space and gallery showcasing local and regional artists for nearly half a century, announced today a key move from its location in the Arcade Building to a larger downtown Albany building. The new venue will accommodate and enhance ACG’s rapidly growing programs, staff, projects, and initiatives. The new location, […]

With 15 This Latest Round, Small Business Facade Improvement Program Tops 80 Awards, Supporting Local Growth & Reinvestment

July 22, 2025 – 4:07 pm

Program Has Leveraged More than $730,000 In Private Investment As part of the City of Albany’s Small Business Façade Improvement Program’s seventh-round which closed in May, 15 Albany small businesses and nonprofits received matching grant awards totaling more than $108,000 this month. Already, since its inaugural round the program has made more than 80 awards […]

#AlbanyIsAllBiz | FoodScraps360 In Albany Expands Compost Pickup Service and Operations

June 27, 2025 – 10:19 am

Roughly 10 percent of the Capital Region’s greenhouse gas emissions are caused by landfill emissions, which in essence is mostly decomposing food and organic waste producing methane. With a different approach, sending that same waste to a composting facility, would instead allow it to enrich soil and benefit the environment. Who’s helping to divert food […]

Construction Update: Albany is on ‘The RISE’

June 20, 2025 – 1:42 pm

As we step into the summer and the second half of the year, nearly $50 million in new investment is progressing as Jankow Companies furthers its construction and launch of two major Albany endeavors that will add to its The Rise apartments brand. First, in downtown Albany, Jankow Companies is finishing construction and has begun […]

REQUEST For Proposals Unlocks Landmark Opportunity for Highly Anticipated Redevelopment of the 8-Acre Liberty Park Site in the Heart of Downtown Albany

May 28, 2025 – 3:16 pm

Capitalize Albany Advances Long-Awaited Revitalization of Downtown Albany’s Largest Development Opportunity   The City of Albany’s economic development organization, Capitalize Albany Corporation, beginning today is actively marketing a solicitation seeking proposals from qualified real estate developers to acquire and undertake the redevelopment of downtown Albany’s Liberty Park site through a request for proposals (RFP). For […]

Sign Up and Stay Updated on the NYS $200M+ Downtown Albany Initiative

May 28, 2025 – 12:48 pm

Through this year’s Executive Budget, Governor Hochul launched the Championing Albany’s Potential (CAP) Initiative, to invest $400 million to in part revitalize the state museum, and downtown core of Albany, in partnership with local stakeholders. As part of this effort ESD has selected MIG, a nationally recognized planning and economic development firm, to lead a […]