Pioneer Homes and I-81 looking east, Friday, June 24, 2022. SUNY Upstate Medical University has proposed building an optometry school in place of the public housing on the top right. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
The Syracuse Housing Authority is considering a plan to allow SUNY Upstate Medical University to build an 8-story optometry school on land now occupied by 92 public housing apartments near Interstate 81.
The SHA previously announced plans to tear down the apartments – some of the state’s oldest public housing – as part of an $800 million project to rebuild apartments for a mix of income levels. Building an optometry school in their place is a new development.
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