106 South Pearl Street Development
Description
A development agreement for a county parcel at 106 South Pearl Street was tabled at the County Executive's request.
Impact summary
Could finally reactivate a troubled, long-vacant downtown site as a bus terminal and mixed-use project.
Applicant
- Name
- Advance Albany County Alliance
- Address
- 106 South Pearl Street, Albany, NYSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 5
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 5
Last vote · Audit and Finance Committee
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 29, 2026.
Meeting timeline (5)
Audit and Finance Committee — October 29, 2026
Agreement with the Advance Albany County Alliance to develop a county-owned parcel at 106 South Pearl Street — tabled a month.
Audit and Finance Committee — October 1, 2026
A development agreement for a county parcel at 106 South Pearl Street was tabled at the County Executive's request.
Audit and Finance Committee — July 30, 2026
A development agreement for a parcel at 106 South Pearl Street was tabled at the County Executive's request.
Audit and Finance Committee — June 25, 2026
A plan to build an intercity bus terminal on the county-owned former McDonald's site, managed by CDTA, was tabled after the County Executive signaled withdrawal.
Audit and Finance Committee — May 28, 2026
County agreement putting up a $1 million match for a $7 million redevelopment of the former McDonald's site, with the state expected to fund $6 million.
Related issues (2)
South Pearl Street Bus Terminal Relocation
The county's plan to move the bus terminal to the old McDonald's site on South Pearl Street blew up after a contentious public hearing, and the County Executive now wants to withdraw it. Bus carriers must vacate their current locations by April 2027 for Liberty Park, so a new home still has to be found. The committee tabled the item while sorting out what happens next.
106 South Pearl Street redevelopment
The county will put $1 million toward the $7 million redevelopment of the long-vacant former McDonald's site, with the state covering up to $6 million via a bus terminal concept.
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