RYE—Westchester County Executive George Latimer recently announced the launch of the Westchester incubator program called Element 46 a program designed to inspire and support entrepreneurial talent and the development of new businesses in Westchester. Element 46 will help turn promising ideas into thriving businesses, and promote entrepreneurship and economic development in Westchester County by providing…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—The mayors of White Plains and New Rochelle agree that the impacts thus far from the natural gas connection moratorium imposed by utility Con Edison on March 15 has not been severe. White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach and New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson agreed that real estate developers are attempting to adapt to the…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The following is the full text version of the 2019 First Quarter Residential Real Estate Sales Report Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, And Sullivan Counties, New York released by the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, Inc. on April 8. WHITE PLAINS—Residential sales in the region serviced by the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, Inc.…
Read MoreGOSHEN—The Goshen Planning Board on March 26 voted unanimously to give Greenwich, CT-based development firm Fareri Associates, LP, conditional site plan approval to move forward with its proposal for the new Goshen Plaza. “We’d like to thank the Village of Goshen Planning Board for its confidence in, and enthusiasm for, this project, as well as…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Brian Levine, Esq., of Stamford, CT has recently been appointed In-House Counsel/Director of Legal Services & Professional Standards Administrator for the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. Levine comes to HGAR with nearly two decades of legal experience, including real estate, contracts, refinancing, litigation/mediation/arbitration, insurance, regulatory agency compliance, commercial contracts/development, and tortuous interference of business…
Read MoreNEW YORK CITY—Real estate brokerage and technology firm Compass has expanded its presence here with the purchase of the Stribling luxury residential brokerage firm, adding more than 300 agents and 50 employees to its New York City operations. Stribling, which was founded in 1980 by chairman and founder Elizabeth F. Stribling, operates three locations in…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency recently granted preliminary approvals for incentives for three major projects in Downtown White Plains that combined will involve more than $1.2 billion in new development. The three projects would create an estimated more than 3,000 construction jobs and more than 500 full- and part-time jobs in the City…
Read MoreVALHALLA—After securing key approvals from the County of Westchester in January, Fareri Associate’s planned $1.2-billion mixed-use bioscience park to be developed on 60 acres of the Grasslands Campus here has now progressed to the municipal approval stage. The concept of building a bioscience, technology and lifestyle campus on mostly county-owned property in Valhalla has been…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—One in six Gen Xers purchased a multi-generational home, overtaking younger boomers as the generation most likely to do so; with 52% of those Gen X buyers indicating that they did so because their adult children have either moved back or never left home. These and other interesting buying trends were part of the National…
Read MoreOrange County is one of the fastest-growing counties in New York State and, for more than a decade, we have been seeing a boom in economic activity. But we’ve reached a fork in the road. We must invest in our infrastructure and expand the Route 17 corridor to ensure our quality of life and economic…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—On Friday morning (March 29), the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency will consider granting incentives for three major projects in Downtown White Plains that will involve more than $1.2 billion in new development. Two projects will create 1,674 multifamily units and another will offer 132 independent living units; all in the Downtown district. On…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—Custom merchandising design and development firm POP Displays USA LLC, which is based on Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, will be relocating its corporate headquarters from Yonkers to George Comfort & Sons, Inc.’s Kingsbrook office complex here within the next three months. POP Displays, which is currently headquartered at 555 Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, has…
Read MoreYONKERS—The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency reported on March 25 it had approved four projects for incentives that will create 100 new housing units and finance the purchase and rehabilitation of a 301-unit apartment building in the city. The four developments amount to approximately $108.3 million in private investment and will create 156 construction jobs and…
Read MoreNEW CITY—At a press conference on March 26, Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a county-wide State of Emergency relating to the ongoing measles outbreak that went into effective at midnight, Wednesday, March 27. The state of emergency bars anyone under 18 years of age and unvaccinated against the measles from public places until the…
Read MoreFISHKILL—The Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors will hold its "2019 Annual Commercial Real Estate Conference" on Wednesday, April 3rd and Thursday, April 4th at the Hyatt House located at 11 Westage Business Center in Fishkill. Peter West, ABR, CCIM, CRS, GRI, SEC will instruct the education segment, presenting…
Read MoreELMSFORD-Robert Martin Co., one of the pioneer commercial office real estate development firms in Westchester County, has confirmed plans to reacquire approximately 95% of the portfolio it developed here and in Fairfield County, CT and sold more than two decades ago in a deal valued at $487.5 million. Industry observers say the deal, if finalized,…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—The Fordham Real Estate Institute and The Business Council of Westchester are co-sponsoring an event on Friday, April 5 entitled “Behind the Headlines—What Opportunity Zones Really Mean for Westchester Real Estate.” The breakfast panel will be held from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at 800 Westchester Avenue in Rye Brook. “Opportunity Zones are being…
Read MoreNEWBURGH—New York Senator James Skoufis (D-39), chairman of the New York State Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, announced on March 8 at a press conference in the City of Newburgh the launch of an investigation into housing conditions and code enforcement outside of New York City. His investigations unit is specifically examining the…
Read MorePORT CHESTER—M & J Wilkow announced recently that the company, along with MetLife Investment Management on behalf of its clients, acquired the 493,459-square-foot Port Chester Shopping Center. Port Chester Shopping Center is strategically positioned at the intersection of highways I-287 and I-95, the two main highway systems connecting the Western and Northern suburban communities of…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—While many people know that a Realtor helps buy and sell homes, what they may not know is that only a Realtor is a member of the National Association of Realtors and subscribes to its Code of Ethics. It's the Realtor Code of Ethics that inspired the association's powerful new "That's Who We R" campaign,…
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