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A project underway aims to alleviate some of Elmiras housing shortage, which was recently highlighted by a motel fire that displaced dozens.

Elmira Star-Gazette The former Star-Gazette building, which has sat vacant for more than five years, has a new owner with a new vision for the sprawling facility. Juvenal Reis, owner of New York City-based Reis Studios, purchased the 50,000-square-foot building from Gannett Co. Inc. at a November auction for $215,000, and closed the sale in late December. The Star-Gazette moved its offices out of the building at 201 Baldwin St. in late 2015 and the edifice has sat idle since then. There has b...