Middletown Council Approves Sale of King Street Building for Redevelopment

The Middletown City Council on Dec. 3 approved the sale of a long-vacated building on King Street in the heart of downtown for $500,000.
The purchasers—Denali Realty Ventures, LLC and O’Connell Family Contracting, LLC—plan to turn the four-story property into a mixed-use building with commercial spaces on the ground floor and 15 or so apartments on the upper levels.
“It is a key building in the central part of the downtown, next to the James Street parking lot, and we want to see it restored and utilized,” Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano told The Epoch Times.
“The proposal fits into our plan for getting more people to live and work downtown.”…