Albany, NY uses the BuildingBlocks tool to account for property vacancies and reduce demolitions
Albany, NY BuildingBlocks property vacancy demolitions
The City of Albany uses Tolemi's map-based analytics tool, BuildingBlocks, to accurately account for vacant properties and prevent significant deterioration. The city's prior efforts to maintain a vacant property registry were limited to a reactive approach due to incomplete data. By integrating the BuildingBlocks tool the Department of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance can instantly and proactively determine vacancy risk and level of nuisance in order to reduce the need for demolitions.
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The City saves hundreds of hours in property research and expects to save tens of thousands of dollars by avoiding the need for costly demolition by catching decline early. The Department of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance valued the current productivity increases at $85,000 to $90,000 a year.
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