In a complaint filed on May 27, Roman Tsegelniuk alleges that, on July 25, 2024, he was lawfully working on restoration of the Hilton barn when he “fell from an unsecured, defective, and dangerous scaffold on the premises.”
Costco, via project developer Pyramid Management Group, is seeking an area variance for five signs over 250 square feet each when town code allows for two signs with a total area of 50 square feet.
The Guilderland Zoning Board on June 4 approved the special-use permit application of Kent Hansen to turn the former seminary and recovery center at 1180 Berne-Altamont Road into the Inns of Altamont.
“Dollar General will be occupying one of the tenant spaces in the building,” Guilderland Town Planner Kenneth Kovalchik told Enterprise by email. “In 2024 the ZBA approved a Special Use Permit to convert the building to a Local Shopping Center use.”
Jeff Thomas was told his proposed Altamont village center development would need multiple variances to gain approval, but he appears to be challenging the parking requirement because, as Thomas sees it, the village’s math is incorrect.
The decision to hold off on construction, at least according to Kevin O’Connor, Albany County’s economic development chief, was in response to the Trump administration’s levying of heavy tariffs on goods manufactured outside the United States.
The approval allows Pyramid to move forward with a specific development project for the site, a process that involves obtaining a special-use permit and undergoing all reviews associated with the permit application.
The village’s board of trustees on May 6 authorized its engineering firm, Barton and Loguidice, to begin applying for grants to help offset the multi-million-dollar cost of running a line from the intersection of routes 146 and 158 to connect Guilderland town water to the village.
