ITHACA, NY -- A building housing two long-time dining spots in Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood is slated to be torn down as part of a redevelopment project near the Cornell University campus.

The 110-year-old commercial building at 415 College Ave. is home to the original location of Collegetown Bagels, established in 1976, and Rulloff’s, a restaurant and bar that opened in 1977. The building will probably be demolished some time in 2020, according to a report at Ithaca.com.

Collegetown Bagels, which has two other locations in Ithaca, will likely look for a new location in the Collegetown area, owner Ramsey Brous told Ithaca.com.

“It’s certainly a loss for us as a business,” Brous said. “Of all of our stores, it remains our busiest location despite some of the challenges it has faced, as a business environment. It’s certainly a loss on those grounds.”

Gregor Brous, part of the family that also owns Rulloff’s, told the Cornell Sun he’s not sure whether either the bagel shop or the restaurant will be part of the new new development. One factor, he said, is whether or how much the rents are increased.

The building, known as the Chacona Block, is owned by Student Agencies, a student-owned corporation that manages several business in and around Cornell.

The age of the existing building is a factor in the $12 million redevelopment plan, Student Agencies CEO Kyle Karnes to Ithaca.com. An effort to preserve the building by having it declared a historic landmark failed last year, with Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick casting the deciding vote against the designation. Student Agencies also lobbied against the historic designation.

The new project will add two stories, Karnes said, bringing the total to six. The developers will attempt to keep “an aesthetic and facade that is architecturally consistent with the rest of Collegetown’s buildings,” Ithaca.com reported.

“We’re going to redevelop it and it’s going to become a newer version of what’s there now,” Karnes told Ithaca.com. “There will still be commercial space on the first floor, just like there is now and on the upper floors, in this case, floors two through six will be residential apartments/student housing. The outdoor patio is an important component to the project as everybody else has articulated, as Student Agencies is the owner of the building, we understand the importance of this corner as a community gathering place for generations.”

One of Collegetown Bagels other locations, at 203 Aurora St. downtown, is scheduled to move soon from its current location to the ground floor of the City Centre project. The third location is in East Hill Plaza.

Don Cazentre writes for NYup.com, syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. Reach him at dcazentre@nyup.com, or follow him at NYup.com, on Twitter or Facebook.

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