Black-owned company buys, rehabs another rundown Schenectady-owned property | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – A Black, family-owned business that has taken on neglected, city-owned properties was feted by city officials Wednesday for its work transforming a run-down former church into a gleaming two-family apartment building in the Mont Pleasant neighborhood.
Led by Pamela Swanigan, AIK Property Group bought 1073 Howard St. as part of a cluster of purchases from the city. It gutted, rehabbed and transformed the former church into a pair of three-bedroom apartments with open floor plans and oversized windows.
It was the second time city officials saluted AIK Property Group for giving a new beginning to a neighborhood eyesore. The previous ceremony occurred in September 2019, when AIK Property Group renovated 3330 Balltown Road through the same HOMES (Homeownership Made Easy in Schenectady) Initiative.