TALKS UNDERWAY WITH SARKISIANS
Is Historic Ford Block
Finally Back In Play?
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – With at least a decade since it was the focus of serious redevelopment interest, the intriguing Ford Block at Main and Muller Plaza, a signature downtown building, is again a focus of interest.
Mayor Gary Herzig said he's spoken three times in the past few months with David Sarkisian, a member of the family real-estate and development firm in Binghamton that owns the property, and that the businessman is "very interested, very engaged" in adding "high-quality housing" to the upper two floors.
The building houses Key Bank's downtown office at 202 Main, but the upper floors – looking out on Miller Plaza and up and down Main Street – have been unused for decades.
