RISE Wins Bid to Operate Former Senior Center Building on Williams Street

SARATOGA SPRINGS —RISE Housing and Support Services has been awarded their bid to operate the  7,800 square-foot building on Williams Street that previously housed the Saratoga Senior Center.

Following the senior center’s relocation from 5 Williams St. and in the aftermath of thwarted plans to house a 24/7 year-round permanent homeless shelter on the site, the city – which owns the building –  on Sept. 1 offered the building via a public bidding process to non-profits for a short-term lease. 

As stipulated in the RFP, the term of the lease will be for 6 months and starts in November, with optional month-to-month leasing for up to an additional six months. 

The winning bid by RISE was $500 per month. 

The building will serve as temporary administration offices for the human services agency, as their own offices are currently under construction, and will not be used to shelter homeless people, the city said.