Eight landlords collectively own about $153 million in Collegetown property, according to an analysis of public records conducted by The Sun.

Eric Silverberg ’14, chair of the Cornell Collegetown Student Council, said he hopes the proposal will relieve the "immense amount of pressure on students to enter into leases early.”

Members of the Planning and Economic Development Committee presented a new plan for form-based code — zoning with the aim of creating attractive developments that better meet community needs — Tuesday at a Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting. 

Ithaca was ranked as the best college town for towns under 250,000 residents in the United States, a ranking that some Ithaca residents said reflects their perception of the city.

Living together above 401 College Ave. –– the space formerly occupied by Collegetown Pizza –– this past summer, Felix Tabary ’14 and Omar Nijem ’13 discovered a new business they could start right in their own building: a gym.

“I could almost guarantee that there will definitely be a new tenant by next school year,” George Avramis said.

The shops located in the proposed Collegetown Crossing –– a development at 307 College Ave. that will include apartments and a GreenStar Market –– will be decided by popular consensus on a website that was launched to the public Tuesday. 

Zach Yuzka grad encountered something a bit more troublesome than a faulty light in his home Thursday evening: “The bathroom was on fire,” and the fan had fallen out of the ceiling.

In at least the third unrelated flooding incident in or around Cornell’s campus in the last few weeks, a pipe burst in Collegetown Wednesday, forcing the City of Ithaca to shut down Dryden Road.