Thursday, March 23, 2017

Reading and city agencies are in the real-estate business

by Steve Reinbrecht

Reading, the Reading Redevelopment Authority, and Our City Reading, a development agency formerly run by Albert Boscov, who died last month, own nearly 250 properties among them, mostly residences.


Here is a list, from Berks County records.

The city owns 110 properties.

Our City Reading owns 63 properties.

The redevelopment authority owns 67 properties.


  • Do people live in them?
  • Are they paying rent?
  • How many are vacant?
  • How do the city and agencies maintain them?
  • When is the last time one was sold?
  • Do the city, authority and OCR have a strategic plan for all these properties?


The Reading Eagle could try to find out.

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