Albany County Convention Authority seeks properties owned by Columbia Development Co. ALBANY – A new vision for the Albany convention center has a plan for an 80,000 square foot facility to rise behind the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in downtown Albany, but some of the land on which it would be built is in the hands of a developer that has no intention of selling.
July 26, 2013 - The Troy Record
A downsized vision for convention center Albany The scaled-back downtown convention center would rise off Eagle Street behind the vacant former DeWitt Clinton hotel, offer 80,000 square feet of space and — perhaps crucially — require no new money beyond the $75 million the state has already pledged for the once much larger project, according to the revamped plan officials are expected to discuss publicly for the first time Thursday ...
July 25, 2013 - Albany Times Union