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AUGUST 27, 2018 | VOL. 54, No. 35

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Developers team up for White Plains apartment project BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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proposal under review by the city of White Plains would add 127 apartments to a pair of mostly unused lots on the corner of Hale and Maple avenues. The development, presented to the White Plains Planning Board on Aug. 21, would feature two separate buildings, one eight and the other seven stories. The proposal comes from Hale WP Owner LLC, a joint venture led by Martin G. Berger, principal of Armonkbased Saber Real Estate Advisors LLC and Jonathan

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Stein, founding partner of New Jersey’s Diversified Realty Advisors LLC. The plans drawn by New Jersey architectural firm Minno & Wasko call for an east and west building, split by Hale Avenue. The two lots — 97-111 Hale Ave. and 100104 Hale Ave. — are paved for parking, though only one is still in operation. The building on the east lot would be seven stories with 70 apartments. The west building would be eight stories with 57 apartments. Each building would have two levels of basement parking, totaling 170 spaces. Six percent on the units would be offered at rates » WHITE PLAINS

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Newtown vet moves ahead with ‘one-stop shop’ BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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Newtown veterinarian is expanding his services with what he calls his “dream project” — a 17,767-square-foot, two-story building that will encompass a veterinary clinic, canine physical rehabilita-

tion center, “luxury” canine and feline boarding, obedience training and a retail store, among other features. “I always wanted a one-stop shop,” said Dr. Rakesh Vali, owner of the Mt. Pleasant Hospital for Animals at 119 Mt. Pleasant Road. “We’ve been expanding here since 2013, but there just isn’t enough

Construction at 94 S. Main St. is scheduled to begin next month.

room for everything we want to do.” In addition, Vali said, Newtown and the surrounding area does not have a complex that offers what his new project, Pleasant Paws Pet Center, will. In addition to Pleasant Paws — a $3.2 million facility whose construction at 94 S. Main St. is scheduled to begin next

month — will offer pet transportation, dog daycare, grooming services, including “self-bathing” stations, and boarding for birds and exotic pets. While Spot On Veterinary Hospital & Hotel in Stamford specializes in what it calls “four-star” service for dogs and cats, and other practices provide an

array of boarding, rehab services and the like, Vali said that Pleasant Paws will be the only such one-stop facility within 30 miles of Newtown. “In addition to Newtown we also currently have a number of clients from Brookfield, Bethel and some from Danbury,” he said. » PLEASANT PAWS

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