TOWN OF WALLKILL—The Sears department store and adjoining Sears Auto Center at the Galleria at Crystal Run mall here will close by mid-April. Sears has been a staple in the retail market in Orange County and particularly in the Middletown-Wallkill area for decades. Sears is an original anchor of the Galleria at Crystal Run, which…
Read MoreCARMEL—Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell said recently that her “Year of Business Development” launched in March 2016 as part of her State of the County Address has achieved some significant goals by year’s-end. Among the economic development oriented initiatives highlighted by the County Executive included approved plans for a new senior center at the Butterfield…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—As expected, Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino reported that the county had surpassed the court-mandated fair housing development benchmark of having financing in place and/or building permits issued for 750 units of affordable housing in 31 communities by the end of 2016. Astorino at a Dec. 27th press conference at the Michaelian Office Building…
Read MoreMAMARONECK—With friends, family and industry partners on hand, Sean and Chis Murphy celebrated the first anniversary of Mamaroneck Self Storage’s facility at 426 Waverly Ave. here. Ross Weiner, on behalf of County Executive Robert Astorino, presented the Murphy brothers and the Mamaroneck Self Storage staff with a proclamation declaring Dec. 21st “Mamaroneck Self Storage Recognition…
Read MoreNEW CITY—Earlier this week the Rockland County Legislature failed to secure the necessary two-thirds majority to override Rockland County Executive Ed Day’s vetoes in Rockland County’s 2017 budget. The Legislature voted 11-5 to override the vetoes, but fell short of the mandated 12 votes necessary to achieve the two-thirds majority. According to the Journal News,…
Read MoreNEW YORK—Robert Weisz’s RPW Group, Inc. has sold an office building on the West Side of Manhattan in the Garment District to ATCO Properties & Management for $108 million. Rye-Brook based RPW Group sold 240-246 West 35th St., an 18-story 165,000-square-foot office building located near Penn Station. The transaction closed on Dec. 20th. The office…
Read MoreNEW ROCHELLE—As the city moves forward on its ambitious and far-reaching Downtown redevelopment plan, the city is also working on a master plan to create an arts and cultural district downtown as well. City leaders say that the district is envisioned to be a “regional mecca for artists and innovators in line with the city’s…
Read MoreYONKERS—Marking the firm’s second major groundbreaking of late in Westchester County, developer RXR Realty and partner Rising Development joined Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and city officials on Dec. 14th to officially begin construction on its $190-million Larkin Plaza mixed-use development project. The Larkin Plaza project, among the largest private developments in downtown Yonkers in some…
Read MoreHARRISON—Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has confirmed that the family-owned supermarket chain has signed a purchase agreement with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 20-acre parcel of land, located at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive in Harrison to build a new store. “We look forward to the day when we can welcome customers into our Harrison store…
Read MoreALBANY—New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Dec. 12 what he terms a groundbreaking new $650-million initiative to spur the growth of a new, world-class life science research cluster in New York, as well as expand the state’s ability to commercialize this research and grow the economy. The multi-faceted initiative includes $250 million in…
Read MoreTARRYTOWN—At a topping off ceremony for the new span’s eight towers, state officials announced that the new Tappan Zee Bridge (also known as the New NY Bridge) will open for traffic in 2018 and will be completed on budget at $3.98 billion. A host of political, business and construction trade officials gathered at the project…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced earlier this moth that projects supported by the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency and Local Development Corporation in 2016 totaled $604 million in private investment. The 13 IDA and LDC projects created or retained approximately 2,179 permanent and construction jobs. The year-end results were announced at the…
Read MoreBREWSTER—Steven Salomone of Houlihan Lawrence Commercial Group reported the brokerage firm recently closed on a commercial real estate sales transaction here valued at $2.49 million. A veterinary neurologist and primary care specialist plans to repurpose an existing 29,000-square-foot former software distribution center and warehouse at 4 Hardscrabble Heights as a new specialty care center for…
Read MoreORANGEBURG—Construction has begun on a training facility for the MLS professional soccer team the New York City Football Club (New York City FC) on a 17-acre site here. Construction commenced on The City Football Academy in the fall and is expected to be completed in early 2018. The plans originally announced in October consist of…
Read MoreLegoland Project Awarded $3 Million ALBANY—The Mid-Hudson Valley region came out the big winner in this year’s Consolidated Funding Awards, netting $83.3 million in state aid that will support 105 economic development/infrastructure projects in the seven-county region. In an announcement on Dec. 9, Gov. Andrew Cuomo awarded a total of $716.9 million in CFA funding…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Suburban housing markets across the United States are evolving rapidly and overall remain well-positioned to maintain their relevance in the years ahead as the places where most Americans live and work, even as many urban cores and downtown neighborhoods continue to attract new residents and businesses, according to a new publication from the Urban Land…
Read MoreNEW ROCHELLE—A groundbreaking was staged at the long-shuttered Loew’s Theater in New Rochelle on Nov. 30 for a much-anticipated $120-million mixed-use high-rise tower. However, while definitely cause for celebration, city officials and the developer say the event was just the first of what they expect will be a host of new commercial developments that will…
Read MorePEARL RIVER—The Board of Directors of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation has appointed Jeremy L. Schulman as its new President and CEO. Schulman has more than 20 years experience in municipal government and comes to his new post after serving as economic development manager for the City of New Rochelle for more than a decade.…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—While business groups have praised Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino’s recent public-private partnership (P3) proposal at Westchester County Airport, the county executive’s proposed $1.8-billion budget is predicated on the Westchester County Board of Legislators approving the plan before the end of this year. In fact, the Board of Legislators has until Dec. 27 to…
Read MoreTOWN OF WALLKILL—While Stewart Airport has made headlines with the recent revelation that Brooklyn Brewery may be building an $80-million facility at the airport grounds in New Windsor, several other major developments at the airport operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey could be in the offing as well. At a…
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