Lennar Multifamily, which is already building a more than $223-million multifamily project at 131 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains, has increased the number of apartments to 814 units and decreased the retail component to more than 28,000 square feet at 60 South Broadway. The development would be built in two phases. Each phase of the project is expected to cost more than $250 million, according to the developer’s filing with the IDA.
Lennar is seeking sales tax exemptions of $5.5 million in phase one and $5.4 million in phase two; mortgage tax exemptions of $1.25 million in phase one and $1.25 million in phase two and property tax abatements of $28 million in phase one and $30 million in phase two.
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Beautiful design via Beyer Blinder Belle. They also designed 14 LeCount in New Rochelle.
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What it was demolished so its a proposal plan its called 65 South
Can’t wait for it to see one day when is completed it will compare the other skyscrapers in the city 
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sad that the old part of the YMCA will be demo’d, at least the replacement isn’t too bad.
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1 Water Street LLC is proposing a project at 1 Water St., the site of a small office building. The land is at the northeast corner of the intersection of Ferris Avenue and Water Street, diagonally across from the Metro-North train station. Real estate records indicate that the building was constructed in 1978 and that the site has 1.24 acres.
The office building would be demolished and the property redeveloped with a new mixed-use building containing approximately 300 apartments and neighborhood retail space. “Neighborhood retail” is a phrase usually used to describe businesses oriented toward serving the needs of a building’s residents rather than attracting regional shoppers. The project also would contain publicly accessible open space and related parking and infrastructure.
The developer is asking for a land swap between the developer and the city’s Urban Renewal Agency. Approximately 12,328 square feet of an unimproved portion of North Lexington Avenue, which abuts the developer’s property, would be swapped for a 12,610-square-foot portion of the 1 Water St. site fronting on Ferris Avenue. It told the agency that during meetings with city staff to discuss the proposed project, it was determined that such a swap would be mutually beneficial.
Members of the Urban Renewal Agency voted 4-0 on April 23 to allow the developer to include the agency’s property in the application it submits to the city’s Common Council for site plan approval. The actual transfer of land rights was not covered by the resolution.
Directly across Ferris Avenue from the Mack-Cali site is the city-owned “Site 4” at 20 Ferris Ave., where a firehouse is located. On “Site 3” at 16 Ferris Ave. is the city’s train station garage. South of the garage at 10 Ferris Ave. is “Site 2,” the main driveway for the station where taxis wait and some public meter parking is located. Continuing south, across Hamilton Avenue, is “Site 1,” also known as the Bronx Street Lot at 3 Hamilton Ave.
The city has said that all four parcels hold great potential for transit-oriented development and increased connectivity between the White Plains Transit District, adjacent neighborhoods and the rest of downtown White Plains.
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saw a news piece the other day that mentioned that Downtown White Plains was designated an opportunity zone due to its excess retail, which of course is increasingly going the way of the dodo. I’d expect the former Walmart will be redeveloped sooner rather than later.
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paywall, but the headline says it all.
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anything is better than that waste of space flat parking lot. Perfect place for something massive being literally next door to the train station.
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Presumably the WPURA has more of an idea of what planning then they’re letting on. As long as urban renewal doesn’t mean surface parking and poorly planned public housing I’m all for it.
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I don’t know about that. The buildings currently there are mixed-use buildings with street-facing retail stores. They want to knock them down possibly for a parking garage according to the article. Even if it’s a parking garage with some housing included, it’ll probably be monolithic taking up the whole block and interrupt the streetscape with a giant curb cut with cars zipping in and out. It seems unlikely that what will be built will be as urban and pedestrian-friendly as what’s already there.
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Proposal for 22 story apt building
https://westfaironline.com/116767/white-plains-reviewing-mack-calis-1-water-st-plan/
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The Overture at Brookfield Commons will consist of the construction of a nine story, 146,115 square foot mixed use building with 129 apartments and 2,074 square feet of community facility space. The project will also include 77 at-grade parking spaces (75 for residents and 2 for the community facility space). This multi-family building will have 40 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 23 three-bedroom apartments, two four-bedroom apartments and one superintendent’s unit. The building will also provide a fitness room, children’s playroom, and tenant lounge with outdoor terrace
When constructed, the building will include 90 apartments set aside for existing Winbrook residents. The remaining apartments will be affordable to low- or moderate-income households. A vacant existing building (located at 135 South Lexington Avenue) will be demolished, clearing the way for the construction of The Overture building. There will be no displacement of existing Winbrook residents as part of the Brookfield Commons development.
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new tower for Port Chester, 9 stories
trouble at Continuum?
somebody pls reply can’t post more than 3 times in a row so I need to squeeze everything into this 1 post lol
https://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/521/Projects-and-Proposals
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Wow! That looks nice.
I’d love to see the Galleria come down.
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Ritz-Carlton Hotel will permanently close on September 10, 2020
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yikes that’s a tough blow to downtown. Probably a lot of jobs lost.
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That stinks, but it’s not too surprising. WP doesn’t really warrant a very high-end hotel.
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Pre-COVID-19, the presence of IBM, PepsiCo, and MasterCard nearby generated some market demand for a high-end hotel around there for visiting businessmen and executives. Post-COVID-19, obviously it depends on whether business travel bounces back to what it used to be.
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This is a blow for downtown White Plains. Any word on whether another hotel operator will take over?
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