BY JOHN CROPLEY, The Daily Gazette

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The price tag kept climbing and the finish line kept getting moved, but the first and biggest piece of the Mill Lane Artisan District is done.

More important, and perhaps more remarkable given the events of this year, the huge building stretching along State Street between Church and Ferry streets is almost entirely spoken for: All but one apartment and all but 2,000 square feet of commercial space are leased.

The price tag so far for five years of planning, land acquisition, demolition and construction, plus equipment for the Frog Alley brewery, is $43.5 million, said owner/architect J.T. Pollard.

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