

Over the years, ownership has changed hands several times with different, but never carried out, ideas on how to rehab the building into something useful.


Built in the 1920's, it was a cold food storage building an operated in that capacity until its closure. The massive concrete structure has sat abandoned since the late 80's or early 90's. The Central Warehouse has been Albany's biggest eyesore for decades. We will do whatever it takes to have a safe situation here. We have an an owner who clearly is not taking care of the building, he’s not taking responsibility for the building. Mayor Sheehan criticized the building's current owner, which whom the county and city have been in a number of legal battles: Structural engineers and city officials are on the scene assessing the situation as the collapse has been called 'imminent'.
