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As a piece of history falls, merchants wonder what’s next BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfariinc.com
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the site, where it employs 2,500 people. The California-based semiconductor company took over the campus in 2015 when it bought IBM’s semiconductor business. The deal finalizes a four-year pursuit of the former IBM campus for National Resources. The company in 2013 talked with IBM about redeveloping parts of the campus, but the deal was delayed after
waterfront. Earlier this summer, demolition work began on Building 52, a red-brick industrial building on the Hastings waterfront dubbed the “literal birthplace” of polychlorinated biphenyls. Atlantic Richfield Co. removed asbestos and other materials from the building interior prior to beginning demolition of the structure in August, when construction crews used excavators and other heavy machinery to bring down the century-old building piece by piece. It’s a welcome sight for many who call Hastings their home. At the village’s MetroNorth train station, which sits just above Building 52 and affords views of the ongoing demolition, commuters stood along the rails nearest the site, documenting the progress with videos on their cellphones and snapping selfies with the crumbling structure as their background. “It's sad to see the old building go, but it is nice that finally there's progress,” said Ellen Sledge, owner of Penny Lick Ice Cream at 580 Warburton Ave. Sledge said that she has heard talk of the redevelopment of the waterfront since she first moved to the area nearly a decade ago. “I’m still thrilled,” she said, “but if this is the pace it is going to go at, I don’t have high
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Demolition of an industrial landmark continues in Hastings-on-Hudson, while future uses of the contaminated site remain uncertain. Photo by Aleesia Forni
iPark set for former IBM campus NATIONAL RESOURCES PLANS MIXED-USE FOR EAST FISHKILL LAND
BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com
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eal estate development group National Resources will redevelop 300 acres of land with 2 million square feet of buildings at the former East Fishkill IBM campus with plans to add residential, retail and a hotel. The Greenwich-based develop-
ment company announced Sept. 1 it had reached a deal for an undisclosed amount to take over the land from its current owner, GlobalFoundries. National Resources will brand its part of the campus as an iPark, the same branding the company uses for its other mixed-use office, retail, hotel and residential developments in the region. GlobalFoundries will continue to own 160 acres of active manufacturing space on
fter years of waiting and wishing, residents and business owners in Hastings-onHudson are finally beginning to see changes coming to their
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