“It's a national trend with people moving back into downtown locations.
Treier says in the past 10 years, there's been a 43 percent increase in the downtown population. The printing presses used to go up three stories,' said Herald Commons VP of Operations Chris Hornstein. 'It was the original Post Standard building back in 1922 when it was built. Over on Herald Place, 27 units are expected to be available in March at Herald Commons. The Icon Tower Luxury Apartments on South Warren Street will open up to renters in February with 89 units. Oftentimes there's waiting lists for people to be able to move into these spaces.' 'Pretty much as fast as developers can build apartments, they're filled.
'In downtown Syracuse, we have a 99 percent occupancy rate,' said Downtown Committee of Syracuse Executive Director Merike Treier. Hunting for an apartment in Syracuse can be time consuming.
