Albany City Commission Gives Preliminary OK to Microbrewery, Albany Heights Projects

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

Two high-profile downtown development plans got the unanimous blessing of the Albany City Commission Tuesday at that board’s work meeting.

City Commissioners voted 7-0 to tentatively approve the sale of the 249 Pine Ave. Albany Heights building to Atlanta-based Novin Construction for a mixed-use housing development and also unanimously OK’d a plan to use $1.25 million from the city’s Revolving Loan Fund as a catalyst to bring a microbrewery to property that formerly served as a downtown Art Park.

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