Borough Council voted 4 to 3 to sell 1 West State Street last Thursday evening for $670,000 to Claudio Sandolo, after voting down the offer from Christian Christiansen and The Heritage Group 3 to 4. Because each offer goes by many names, for readers, to clarify: Christian Christiansen, The Heritage Group, and Bluestone development are all the same name for the first...

After covering the progress made by Borough Council on 1 West State Street in 2010, Media, PA News met with Jeff Dowd of Zommick-McMahon Commerical Real Estate in November to discuss the property and the real estate market in general. Dowd started by saying that he was unable to discuss any specific details for 1 West State Street, but could say, “It’s...

At the October 21st Borough Council Legislative meeting, Borough Council voted to unanimously accept the item titled “Ratification of Mutual Release Agreement for Former Tenant at 1 West State Street.” The “former tenant” is, of course, Dan Brodeur of “Brodeur’s.” Last November, Mr. Brodeur shut down his restaurant, and moved...

As a heads up, there will be a “public hearing” 15 minutes prior to the Borough Council meeting this Thursday at 7:15 PM. The agenda states: AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE – CREATION OF A NEW “LIGHT RETAIL-OFFICE-APARTMENT OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT” You can download the PDF agenda here: Media Borough Public Hearing Agenda October 21st,...

So, much hullaballoo has been made about 1 West State Street, formerly Brodeur’s, formerly the New Orleans Café … formerly … Old Borough Hall. Whew. So, let’s try and piece this together, shall we? First, realize that a lot of the negotiations about 1 West State Street are done in executive session because it deals with issues of money where...