Developer Steve Emerson got the green light from the Cedar Rapids City Council to take ownership of the old Ambroz Recreation Center, demolish it and repurpose it into multifamily housing potentially leveraging federal disaster recovery funds.
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After three failed attempts to sell and repurpose the old brick building on Mount Vernon Road SE, the city of Cedar Rapids will take redevelopment proposals once more after receiving an inquiry from a developer.
The city will try for a third time to sell and repurpose an old brick building at 2000 Mount Vernon Rd. SE that has been vacant for more than five years. The building once housed Buchanan Elementary School and then the Ambroz Recreation Center.