Officials got frustrated, eventually terminated the agreements, and sued Bersin Properties to try to recover around $6 million in back taxes and fees.
But the company kept falling short of investment and job creation requirements baked into the agreement and eventually stopped making payments. In 2007, Bersin Properties bought the mall and the developer who led the company, Scott Congel, put forward plans to redevelop the vacant mall, but those never came to fruition.Ĭongel got a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive agreement from the town of Irondequoit, the East Irondequoit School District, and the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency. The former Irondequoit Mall opened to the public in 1990, but within 15 years, it was already in trouble. Current tenants include Rochester Regional Health’s nursing school and a senior housing development. A pre-K classroom inside the new Irondequoit Community Center.ĭeveloper Angelo Ingrassia bought the mall at auction in 2016 for $100,000 - a steal compared to the $7 million that the property had been assessed at - and laid out a vision to convert it to a mix of uses.
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