Syracuse, N.Y. — A local developer’s proposal to create apartments and a restaurant inside a Syracuse fire station last used 12 years ago has encountered some skepticism from the city’s lawmakers, who are concerned about fire protection on the city’s Near East Side.
Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration is asking the Syracuse Common Council to approve the sale of the former Syracuse Fire Department Station 7 to JF Real Estate for $900,000.
The company responded to a request for proposals the city issued in February seeking private-sector redevelopment of the 1039 E. Fayette St. building. JF’s $2.5 million project would convert the two-story building into four apartments on the top floor and a restaurant on the ground level…