Brian Crandall
@bcrandall.bsky.social
Covering business and real estate for The Ithaca Voice. Meteorologist, runner, and dog dad.
Apparently this No Kings rally in Albany stretches 2.5 miles.
October 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Apparently this No Kings rally in Albany stretches 2.5 miles.
It's a difficult housing market, but Ithaca's Collegetown is still a solid investment. Just filed, an $18,248,000 construction loan from Five Star Bank for a 46-unit, 88-bed apartment building at 201 Oak Avenue. Modern Living Rentals is the dev, Bella Faccia Cons. is the builder.
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's a difficult housing market, but Ithaca's Collegetown is still a solid investment. Just filed, an $18,248,000 construction loan from Five Star Bank for a 46-unit, 88-bed apartment building at 201 Oak Avenue. Modern Living Rentals is the dev, Bella Faccia Cons. is the builder.
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Came back to Ithaca to attend commencement and cheer for two of my former students, both international. I’m the only guest in my Airbnb, normally packed. “Foreign families didn’t come this year.” 1/
May 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Came back to Ithaca to attend commencement and cheer for two of my former students, both international. I’m the only guest in my Airbnb, normally packed. “Foreign families didn’t come this year.” 1/
403 E. State, now known as "Theory Ithaca". 371 units, 518 beds. Marketed as grad/professional housing. $107 million construction loan, Aug 2027 completion.
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
403 E. State, now known as "Theory Ithaca". 371 units, 518 beds. Marketed as grad/professional housing. $107 million construction loan, Aug 2027 completion.
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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
February 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
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A new restaurant is coming soon where Agava used to be on Ithaca’s east hill. www.14850.com/021840074-bg...
A new restaurant is coming soon where Agava used to be on Ithaca's east hill • 14850 Dining
When Agava Restaurant closed in December 2022, it was just for several weeks, or at least that was the plan. The restaurant would reopen in early 2023, refreshed and ready to go. Unfortunately, it was...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A new restaurant is coming soon where Agava used to be on Ithaca’s east hill. www.14850.com/021840074-bg...
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most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
an important thing about america's current media elites is that they're basically just the dregs of an industry that has been constant contraction since the 90s and thus a lot of them are nepobabies who don't actually want to do any work
Checked this story about Trump shaking Ukraine down in exchange for continuing military aid to see if it mentions that he got impeached for doing that exact thing, and friends, you will not be surprised that it does not.
February 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
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Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
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I don't know how much they've got left to do inside, but the facade is shaping up for the new building for Cornell's Computer Science Department
#cornell #cs #photo #photography #architecture #buildings #ithaca #college
#cornell #cs #photo #photography #architecture #buildings #ithaca #college
February 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I don't know how much they've got left to do inside, but the facade is shaping up for the new building for Cornell's Computer Science Department
#cornell #cs #photo #photography #architecture #buildings #ithaca #college
#cornell #cs #photo #photography #architecture #buildings #ithaca #college
This should be a five-alarm fire for Weill Cornell and for the biomed/bio eng departments at Cornell. These cuts would essentially wipe out the programs.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This should be a five-alarm fire for Weill Cornell and for the biomed/bio eng departments at Cornell. These cuts would essentially wipe out the programs.
Sold for $2,006,020 on Friday - former Bell Station acreage Finger Lakes Land Trust to a solar company out of Utah. It might ruffle some feathers, but taking the former farmland and selling it for a solar facility had always been part of the plan. ithacavoice.org/2022/05/fing...
Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires Bell Station shoreline property - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y.—The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced that it has purchased the 480-acre Bell Station property that features 3,400 feet of shoreline along Cayuga Lake from New York State Electric […]
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February 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Sold for $2,006,020 on Friday - former Bell Station acreage Finger Lakes Land Trust to a solar company out of Utah. It might ruffle some feathers, but taking the former farmland and selling it for a solar facility had always been part of the plan. ithacavoice.org/2022/05/fing...
“There is not sufficient community support for the project for us to take on the financial risk of going forward.”
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Mixed-use project for Inlet Island terminated, site's future now unclear - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Plans for a mixed-use project on the land of a city-owned parking lot have come to an end. Finger Lakes Development, led by local developers Jeffrey Rimland […]
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January 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“There is not sufficient community support for the project for us to take on the financial risk of going forward.”
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Pictures shared on a community Facebook group of what eye witnesses assume are ICE agents outside the Tompkins County Department of Social Services. Taken ~ 1 hr. ago.
January 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Pictures shared on a community Facebook group of what eye witnesses assume are ICE agents outside the Tompkins County Department of Social Services. Taken ~ 1 hr. ago.
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We're getting reports of ICE agents spotted in Tompkins County and the Ithaca area, specifically in Dryden and at the Asteri housing complex on Green Street in downtown Ithaca.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We're getting reports of ICE agents spotted in Tompkins County and the Ithaca area, specifically in Dryden and at the Asteri housing complex on Green Street in downtown Ithaca.
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Cornell received about $319 million in NIH grants at its Weill College of Medicine in 2023, and that's not even in the top 20 for schools. This move by the new admin would have a devastating impact on health research.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Cornell received about $319 million in NIH grants at its Weill College of Medicine in 2023, and that's not even in the top 20 for schools. This move by the new admin would have a devastating impact on health research.
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A petition launched yesterday calling on Cornell University to help keep Ithaca's Museum of the Earth from foreclosing has over 1,300 sigs. Its financial woes intensified after a group of once reliable donors couldn't fulfil a $30M pledge-via:@ithacavoice.bsky.social.
www.change.org/p/save-the-m...
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Sign the Petition
Save the Museum of the Earth from Imminent Closure
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January 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A petition launched yesterday calling on Cornell University to help keep Ithaca's Museum of the Earth from foreclosing has over 1,300 sigs. Its financial woes intensified after a group of once reliable donors couldn't fulfil a $30M pledge-via:@ithacavoice.bsky.social.
www.change.org/p/save-the-m...
www.change.org/p/save-the-m...
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Following the sharp increase in property assessments last year, Tompkins County’s Office of Assessment is expected to halt reassessments on most homes in 2025 as the local real estate market faces its weakest sales in over a decade.
My latest for @ithacatimes.bsky.social
My latest for @ithacatimes.bsky.social
Tompkins County Expected to Pause Property Assessments as Home Sales Decline
Tompkins County Expected to Pause Property Assessments as Home Sales Decline
Following the sharp increase in property assessments last year, Tompkins County’s Office of Assessment is expected to halt reassessments on most homes in 2025 as the local real estate market
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January 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Following the sharp increase in property assessments last year, Tompkins County’s Office of Assessment is expected to halt reassessments on most homes in 2025 as the local real estate market faces its weakest sales in over a decade.
My latest for @ithacatimes.bsky.social
My latest for @ithacatimes.bsky.social
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This is terrible news. 🧪
"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social
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"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social
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January 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is terrible news. 🧪
"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social
ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...
"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social
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Maybe it's because of what I do. Maybe it's because I have weird hobbies. But this is my basement. And it follows good urban planning.
January 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Maybe it's because of what I do. Maybe it's because I have weird hobbies. But this is my basement. And it follows good urban planning.
I feel this project won't have much trouble at the Planning Board. ithacavoice.org/2025/01/loca...
Local developer plans latest infill project in Collegetown - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — It’s been a busy time for developer Charlie O’Connor, the owner of Modern Living Rentals, a trend that will continue with another proposal slated to come before […]
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January 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I feel this project won't have much trouble at the Planning Board. ithacavoice.org/2025/01/loca...
For the village, the project makes sense. But I'd be a little worried about Borg-Warner's future, if they're so keen on selling their land off. ithacavoice.org/2025/01/deve...
Developer seeks second phase adding 130 units to Lansing apartment complex - The Ithaca Voice
LANSING, N.Y. — A prominent regional developer put out feelers regarding a potential residential development with over 100 units before the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees Monday night. Park […]
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January 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
For the village, the project makes sense. But I'd be a little worried about Borg-Warner's future, if they're so keen on selling their land off. ithacavoice.org/2025/01/deve...
Cornell has a tentative agreement to sell off 25 acres off Warren/Uptown Road in Lansing to a developer proposing single-family rentals. A 17-acre parcel off Tareyton Road in Ithaca town is under contract to a developer doing a mix of affordable and market-rate rentals. www.dryden.ny.us/media/3691
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January 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Cornell has a tentative agreement to sell off 25 acres off Warren/Uptown Road in Lansing to a developer proposing single-family rentals. A 17-acre parcel off Tareyton Road in Ithaca town is under contract to a developer doing a mix of affordable and market-rate rentals. www.dryden.ny.us/media/3691
Sneak peek of an infill apartment building we'll be talking about in the @ithacavoice.bsky.social this week.
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Sneak peek of an infill apartment building we'll be talking about in the @ithacavoice.bsky.social this week.