Anyone who has ever driven by the Tobin's First Prize building off of Everett Road knows that it is a huge eyesore. Now four years after plans were released for redevelopment, it looks as if demolition could begin soon.
JAMES âJIMâ E. BRUNDAGE JAMES âJIMâ E. BRUNDAGE JAMES âJIMâ E. BRUNDAGE
James “Jim” E. Brundage, 87, of Lehigh, IA, died Sunday, January 10, 2021, at Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at the Historic Bruce Funeral Home, 923 1st Avenue South, with Chaplain Gary Snook officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM on Friday, January 15, 2021, at the funeral home. Interment will take place at West Lawn Cemetery in Lehigh with Military Honors conducted by the VFW Post 1856 and the U.S. Army Funeral Honor Guard. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, social distancing must be followed and masks are required. Services will also be live streamed via our Historic Bruce Funeral Home Facebook page. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.bruces funeralhome.com.
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There s new life in the cards for the long dormant Tobin Packing Company grounds in West Albany.
Under the auspices of the city of Albany and the town of Colonie, the old First Prize Center on West Albany’s Exchange Street is coming closer to development as a mixed-use facility with residential and commercial activity.
Over the last four decades there have, from time to time, been interests in the land. In 2014 the Tobin site was scouted by a developer as a prime place for a gambling casino, which eventually ended up in Schenectady.
Former Albany Common Councilor Ron Bailey said he believed the site s past as an economic driver for his Third Ward neighborhood could be resurrected.