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4 | TITLE FIRMS TARGETED DECEMBER 4, 2017 | VOL. 53, No. 49

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Port Chester weighs pitches for master developer BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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to its previous condition. It is asking for at least $200,000 in damages for alleged trespass and lease violations. A hearing was scheduled for Dec. 1 before Justice Alan D. Scheinkman. Danone spokesman Michael Neuwirth said the company cannot comment because the matter is under litigation. An attorney for the landlord did not » » CONSTRUCTION, page 6

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Gonzalo Cruz, left, executive director of Don Bosco Workers Inc., checks a sign-in sheet for day workers outside the Don Bosco Community Center in Port Chester. At center is Ramon Campos, a Greenwich resident and Mexican immigrant. Worker at right was not identified. Photo by John Golden.

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Raymour & Flanigan wants Danone headquarters construction to stop BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfariinc.com

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hanksgiving to Christmas is the “most crucial holiday furniture selling season,” says Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, but it also says sales at its White Plains store are being hindered by construction of a new head-

quarters for Danone Foods Inc. Scaffolding, restricted parking and barricades are blocking customers from using the store and violate the retailer’s lease, the company states in a lawsuit filed in Westchester Supreme Court. The furniture chain is asking a judge for a restraining order to shut down the construction project and make the landlord return The Source shopping center

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he Port Chester village board recently heard presentations from five real estate firms vying to become the village's master developer, creating a lineup of big names in real estate that “has to be the nightmarish envy of every community from Stamford to Manhattan.” The appearance by industry suitors at the village meeting was so described by Sean McLean, executive vice president of development for Renaissance Downtowns. His Long Island-based real estate company responded to the village's request for qualifications, or RFQ, along with partner St. Katherine Group, a real estate development firm founded in the United Kingdom and based in Port Chester. That partnership was the final presenter in a lineup that included real estate developers HB Nitkin Group, Hines and RXR Realty. The Albanese Organization also submitted its qualifications to the village but is expected to present instead at the board's first December meeting. Cushman & Wakefield, the commercial real estate brokerage and services company, also responded to the request with an offer to advise the village through the master developer selection process. "We've got some really good responses," said Eric Zamft, director of planning for Port Chester. "It's going to be a good, tough decision that we have to make, but it shows

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