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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 | VOL. 54, No. 36
YOUR ONLY SOURCE FOR REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS, COVERING THE HUDSON VALLEY
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BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com
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oseph T. Kirchhoff is building a new village, but he needs it to feel like an old one. It’s for that reason that the founder of the Pleasant Valley real estate development company that bears his name is spending a sunny Thursday afternoon guiding a Business Journal reporter and photographer through tall grass on a former Dutchess County dairy farm. Kirchhoff is angling for a better look at a nearly 200-year-old horse barn on the 80-acre property in the town of Poughkeepsie. The barn once provided refuge for 18th century travelers down the dirt road that is now Route 44. Today, the barn may represent the first actual building for what will become Eastdale Village — a $90 million planned community that will eventu-
Village vision DEVELOPER BREAKS GROUND ON $90M TOWN SQUARE IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
TWB Branch Managers Banner Ad 6” w x 1.5” h Joseph T. Kirchhoff on the site of the Route 44 property in the town of Poughkeepsie. Photo by Bob Rozycki. 8-15-18
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Union and building management negotiate to avoid a possible strike BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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oth sides in the negotiations for a new contract covering 1,400 doormen, superintendents, handymen and women, porters and others working in residential buildings in the
Hudson Valley hope to avoid a strike by reaching agreement on a new contract before the old one runs out on Sept. 30. Negotiations formally began in White Plains on Aug. 15 and additional sessions have been scheduled throughout September. About 100,000 people live in the rental, co-op and
condo apartment buildings where local affiliate 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (32BJ SEIU) has jurisdiction. Representing the management side is the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the MidHudson Region Inc. (BRI). Lenore Friedlaender,
Matthew Persanis, BRI’s labor counsel and chief negotiator.
assistant to the president of 32BJ SEIU, told the Business Journal, “The economy is doing well and real estate is in good economic health. We have a lot of faith in the bargaining process that we can reach a fair agreement.” Friedlaender explained that her union members work in the vast majori-
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ty of residential buildings that have 50 units or more. Although the union also represents workers in commercial buildings, including retail facilities such as the Galleria Mall in White Plains, the contract under negotiation only covers workers in residential buildings. However, the » NEGOTIATION
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