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Seasons Kosher Supermarket To Reopen In Westchester After Bankruptcy Seasons Kosher Supermarket To Reopen In Westchester After Bankruptcy
Seasons Kosher Supermarket To Reopen In Westchester After Bankruptcy Seasons, the nation’s largest kosher supermarket chain, which was forced to declare bankruptcy late last year, is returning to Westchester with new owners. Under the management of businessman Joseph Bistritzky's family, Seasons will be reopening their 12,000-square-foot location in Scarsdale, in time for Passover. Other openings are planned in Clifton, Lakewood, Lawrence and Queens, The Scarsdale location will reopen at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 in the Golden Horseshoe Shopping Center on Wilmot Road. The new location will seem supersized to shoppers, with a new state-of-the-art kitchen and…

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by Zak Failla
Business
New Date Set: Whole Foods Gets Go-Ahead To Open In Chappaqua New Date Set: Whole Foods Gets Go-Ahead To Open In Chappaqua
New Date Set: Whole Foods Gets Go-Ahead To Open In Chappaqua Following a brief holdup, Whole Foods has found a new date for its grand opening at Chappaqua Crossing. Earlier this week, developers announced that they would be delaying the scheduled grand opening of Whole Foods, which was scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12. The initial opening was delayed as officials addressed traffic and safety concerns in the area. With some of those concerns assuaged, developers announced that the market would be officially opening at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15. The New Castle Planning and Town boards approved a new traffic plan that includes new traffic markings and…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
New Whole Foods Opening Date Expected This Week New Whole Foods Opening Date Expected This Week
New Whole Foods Opening Date Expected This Week Answers may be coming soon as local officials continue to debate the traffic problems surrounding Chappaqua Crossings and the now-delayed grand opening of Whole Foods in the area. Whole Foods was originally scheduled to today, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, but that had to be delayed as officials cited traffic and safety concerns. Traffic has been a concern on Route 117 near Chappaqua Crossing, prompting developers to seek outside solutions.  A planned left-turn lane from northbound Route 117 to Roaring Brook Road was not ready for the scheduled opening. In response, developers are seek…

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by Zak Failla
News
Whole Foods Opening In Chappaqua Postponed Whole Foods Opening In Chappaqua Postponed
Whole Foods Opening In Chappaqua Postponed Officials are hitting the brakes on the much-anticipated grand opening of Whole Foods at Chappaqua Crossing. Citing traffic and safety concerns, the New Castle Town Board and Planning Board have voted to postpone the grand opening, which was planned for Wednesday, Dec. 12. No additional information has been released about a new opening date. Traffic has been a concern on Route 117 near Chappaqua Crossing, prompting developers to seek outside solutions. A planned left-turn lane from northbound Route 117 to Roaring Brook Road will not be ready for the opening on Dec. 12. In response, develope…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Metro-North Rail Purchase Announced One Week After Cuomo's Election? Cynics Call Timing 'Fishy' Metro-North Rail Purchase Announced One Week After Cuomo's Election? Cynics Call Timing 'Fishy'
Metro-North Rail Purchase Announced One Week After Cuomo's Election? Cynics Call Timing 'Fishy' Does anyone think the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to buy Grand Central Station and two of Metro-North's commuter railroad properties a week after Election Day had bizarre timing? The MTA Board was expected to vote on the plan to buy the privately owned properties on Thursday, Nov. 15. One week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle was elected to a third-term, the MTA proposed buying the 105-year-old Grand Central Terminal and two Metro-North railway lines for $35 million. Several of the Top-10 contributors to Cuomo's re-election campaign have ties to the MTA. In fact, fina…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Mayoral candidates in the Village of Ossining clashed over the village's inability to receive a $10 million state economic redevelopment grant. On her website, Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity claimed that village Trustee Omar Herrera, who is challenging her for mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 6, jeopardized the village’s chances of being awarded a Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant from the MidHudson Region of the Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC). Earlier this year, Herrera proposed a building moratorium for Ossining. “The REDC will only entrust $10M to a community with leader…

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by Jon Craig
Real Estate
Sold! Office Complex Goes For $55M In Westchester Sold! Office Complex Goes For $55M In Westchester
Sold! Office Complex Goes For $55M In Westchester A six-building office complex formerly known as Reckson Executive Park has been sold for $55 million, according to CBRE commercial real estate firm that brokered the deal. The property at 2 and 3 International Drive in Rye Brook, near King Street and New York's border with Connecticut was purchased by George Comfort & Sons.  Manhattan-based George Comfort & Sons acquired the 563,596-square-foot office complex in a joint venture with a fund managed by DRA Advisors. The complex was owned by SL Green, which announced in April the impending sale of the property. "The tightening o…

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by Jon Craig
Real Estate
Pair Of Downtown White Plains Office Buildings Sell For $16M Pair Of Downtown White Plains Office Buildings Sell For $16M
Pair Of Downtown White Plains Office Buildings Sell For $16M Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has sold a pair of downtown White Plains office buildings on Barker Avenue in separate deals totaling $16 million, according to Westfair. County property records show the six-story, 68,000-square-foot 1 Barker Ave. office building sold for $9.3 million. The deed was recorded Sept. 13. The same day, a separate deed recorded the $6.7 million sale of the six-story, 65,300-square-foot building at 3 Barker Ave., Westfair said in this report.  The buyers are two separate LLCs — 1 Barker Ave. LLC and 3 Barker Ave. LLC — that share an address in Spring Valley. The properties …

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by Daily Voice
Real Estate
Developers Propose New 225-Room Hotel In Westchester Developers Propose New 225-Room Hotel In Westchester
Developers Propose New 225-Room Hotel In Westchester With New Rochelle’s downtown revitalization continuing as part of the “the most ambitious redevelopment in city history,” a new hotel may be heading to Cedar Street. Developers have proposed a new hotel downtown on Cedar Street - with a design similar to that of the High Line, according to New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson - which would sit adjacent to I-95 at the site of the former Don Conqui and Got Soul restaurants. The proposal includes 225 rooms, along with dining and other amenities for residents and visitors to utilize. It would be “in an ultra-modern tower rising above a rehabbed hist…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units
Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units The new owner of the former Elmwood Country Club in Greenburgh wants to build a 175-unit townhouse community for people age 55 and older.Ridgewood Real Estate Partners, which bought the 106-acre mostly open space along Dobbs Ferry Road for $13 million last year thinks that senior citizens remain an underserved population in Westchester County. Officials at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development who battled former County Executive Rob Astorino for years over a HUD lawsuit settlement, mostly agree, as reported here by Daily Voice.  The former golf course's neighbors -- similar t…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Locals Split Over Proposed $70M Project In Area Locals Split Over Proposed $70M Project In Area
Locals Split Over Proposed $70M Project In Area Newburgh is considering a plan to build a $70 million waterfront development project, which would be the city's largest in decades.  The mixed-use plan along the Hudson River includes dozens of apartments, affordable housing units as well as commercial space, according to Alembic Community Development Co. Project Manager Karuna Mehta presented the multi-million dollar to the Newburgh City Council last week. "An innovative community use for the building something that'll help the residents of Newburgh, but also something that will attract attention to the Hudson Valley," Mehta sai…

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by Jon Craig
Real Estate
Sold! Two Platinum Mile Buildings Go For $14.75M In Westchester Sold! Two Platinum Mile Buildings Go For $14.75M In Westchester
Sold! Two Platinum Mile Buildings Go For $14.75M In Westchester A commercial landlord has expanded his influence along Westchester's "Platinum Mile" with a $14.75 million purchase. Robert Weisz, founder and CEO of RPW Group of Rye Brook, said his company bought two Class A office buildings at 925-1025 Westchester Ave. on the border of West Harrison and White Plains. The purchase of the 192,711-square-foot property was announced by CBRE, a commercial real estate company that brokered the deal along with Ten-X.  The complex, formerly owned by Normandy Real Estate Partners, sits on 11.7 acres near the I-287/Hutchinson River Parkway interchange. …

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by Daily Voice
Real Estate
Area Residents Welcome New Apartments At Historic Reader's Digest Site Area Residents Welcome New Apartments At Historic Reader's Digest Site
Area Residents Welcome New Apartments At Historic Reader's Digest Site Ginny Enright, 85, has lived in Chappaqua for the past 54 years.  Now, Enright is one of the first residents of Chappaqua Crossing Apartments. Her friend of over 50 years just moved in, too. "I was ready to sell my house and not have the responsibilities and it seemed ideal to be able to come here, where I would be in the same town and be able to use the same facilities as I had been using," said Enright, who works at the Chappaqua Public Library. "It's a wonderful addition to the town." Enright added that it's been "fun and exciting" to watch the progress tak…

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by Jon Craig
News
These Hudson Valley Communities Awarded Millions In State Grants These Hudson Valley Communities Awarded Millions In State Grants
These Hudson Valley Communities Awarded Millions In State Grants Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more than $8 million has been awarded to six Hudson Valley municipalities as part of his Restore New York initiative. Nearly $81 million was awarded to 71 municipalities statewide. "Downtown communities are vital to keeping our economies thriving and to attracting businesses and families to put down their roots in New York," Cuomo said. "The Restore New York Communities Initiative recognizes communities teeming with potential and invests in their transformation and their future, and turns them into neighborhoods New Yorkers are proud to call h…

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by Jon Craig
Business
PHOTOS: First Look Inside Newark Airport's New $1.4 Billion Terminal PHOTOS: First Look Inside Newark Airport's New $1.4 Billion Terminal
Photos: First Look Inside Newark Airport's New $1.4 Billion Terminal Flying out of Newark Airport is about to get easier -- and more beautiful. Grimshaw Architects announced it will begin the $1.4 billion construction project on Terminal One in April. Terminal One will be a one million-square-foot LEED silver flexible, 33-gate common-use terminal building. It will be two stories and T-shaped, with a central head house and a single concourse. Plans also include a weather-protected, climate-controlled, above-grade pedestrian bridge, with moving walkways for passenger convenience linking the terminal and the parking garage -- also providing a current and futur…

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by Cecilia Levine
Events
A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville
A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - After more than a decade of development, VillaBXV is welcoming residents to its luxury downtown condominiums in the heart of Bronxville. Officials opened the doors to VillaBXV last, finally unveiling the 53-home building on Kensington Road, more than a decade after the plan for the property was first introduced. Beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Villa BXV will enjoy a grand opening reception of the new residences hosted by developer John Fareri and Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin. Developers have been attempting to redevelop the site since the mid-2000s, when a prev…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Progress Steady At Site Of 28-Story New Rochelle High Rise Development Progress Steady At Site Of 28-Story New Rochelle High Rise Development
Progress Steady At Site Of 28-Story New Rochelle High Rise Development NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Progress is steadily being made at the future site of a 28-story development in the heart of downtown New Rochelle.  New Rochelle officials and developers from RXR Realty broke ground on the site at 587 Main St. late last year, and contracting crews have been busy, erecting approximately one floor per week. Earlier this year, approximately 50 trucks spent 14 hours pouring nearly 3,000-cubic-yards of concrete to establish the foundation of the tower. In addition, the foundation also includes an estimated 360 tons of rebar. Since then, work at the building has been swift.…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville
A Decade Later, Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Condos Open In Bronxville WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - After more than a decade of development, VillaBXV is welcoming residents to its luxury downtown condominiums in the heart of Bronxville. Officials opened the doors to VillaBXV this week, finally unveiling the 53-home building on Kensington Road, more than a decade after the plan for the property was first introduced. Developers have been attempting to redevelop the site since the mid-2000s, when a previous developer was caught in the housing market collapse and was unable to move forward with the proposal. Three years ago, the Village Board of Trustees re-opened …

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by Zak Failla
News
New Rochelle City Council Moves Forward With City Yard Proposal New Rochelle City Council Moves Forward With City Yard Proposal
New Rochelle City Council Moves Forward With City Yard Proposal NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - The New Rochelle City Council has unanimously agreed upon a long-term lease agreement for the new Public Works Operation Center. City officials announced on Thursday that they have reached the agreement to construct the new Public Works Operations Center - more commonly referred to as City Yard - in the ground level of the busy Home Depot/Costco complex at Nardozzi Place. Under the terms of the agreement, a private developer will construct a 245,000-square-foot commercial structure, then lease 130,000-square-feet at the ground level for city use. Construction is expecte…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
New Rochelle Breaks Ground On $100 Million Luxury Waterfront Community New Rochelle Breaks Ground On $100 Million Luxury Waterfront Community
New Rochelle Breaks Ground On $100 Million Luxury Waterfront Community NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Local elected officials in New Rochelle have broken ground on a $100 million development that will sit in the heart of the city’s waterfront. New Rochelle officials joined developers from National Realty and Development Corp. to mark the groundbreaking of WatermarkPointe, a 72-unit waterfront residential community that will sit on the Long Island Sound on the Davenport Neck peninsula. WaterPointe continues “the most ambitious redevelopment in New Rochelle history,” which officials say will bring more than $4 billion in new investments to the city and will continue to dr…

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by Zak Failla
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