SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A big step forward to saving the Maria Regina campus Tuesday night, Feb. 6.
Rochester property management company “Home Leasing,” bought the old college with a plan to turn it into senior living apartments.
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“It seems like almost everybody we talk to has some kind of connection with the property,” said Jennifer Higgins, the development manager for Home Leasing. “Their aunt was in the convent, or their kids went to the gingerbread daycare. I think they are generally excited about the idea that we have a plan to arrest that decay.”
Over the last 10 years, the abandoned property has experienced weather damage and vandalism.
It’s a problem Home Leasing is looking to fix.
“We’re really trying to both develop a property and mitigate some damages right now to make sure that the buildings are developable when we get to that point,” said Lindsey Allen, development coordinator for Home Leasing.