APRIL 1, 2019 VOL. 55, No. 13
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Lime bikes were parked and available for use in front of Whole Foods on Bloomingdale Road in White Plains on March 26. Photo by Bob Rozycki.
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FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL PUTS ONE-THIRD OF ITS WHITE PLAINS PROPERTY UP FOR SALE
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BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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here was no fooling as April 1 neared, the date when bikeshare company Lime would begin replacing some of its fleet of 300 pedal bikes in White Plains with electric pedal-assist bikes in a soft launch, because bike and scooter sharing has become serious business in Westchester as well as
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worldwide. The formal introduction of the pedal-assist bikes was planned for May 1 in White Plains while Lime continued to wait for a go-ahead from Yonkers officials to add the powered bikes to its fleet there. Lime, which last August shortened its company name from LimeBike, is one of the major international players in the bike- and scooter-sharing industry along with companies such as Uber, Mobike, Ofo and Bluegogo. After
announcing in February that it had closed on $310 million in new financing, Lime’s value was placed at $2.4 billion. The company reported that about 10 million people have taken about 34 million rides on its bikes and scooters in the 15 countries where it provides service. “We’ve seen about 86,000 trips from 28,000 riders in Yonkers (and) we’ve seen more than 40,000 trips from 9,000 riders in White » LIMEBIKE
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pkatz@westfairinc.com THE FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL OF NEW YORK (FASNY) on March 21 announced that it intends to sell about onethird of the approximately 127-acre former Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains where it still plans to build a new secondary school for grades 6 through 12. The land selected for sale totals 47.9 acres. FASNY would keep the 28-acre portion of the property designated for the school and playing fields
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and also the 51-acre section of the property where a nature conservancy would be maintained. “The school is looking for a (single) buyer for the three parcels,” FASNY spokesman Geoff Thompson told the Business Journal. He said that no price had been set. “At this point, the school has evaluated what the longterm future is. They still are definitely committed to building the secondary school, which is the 6-12 school that’s approved and they’re com» FASNY
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