Ossining breaks ground for its new waterfront.More than eight years of planning and negotiations culminated recently with the groundbreaking for the $78 million Harbor Square development on the Ossining waterfront. Cappelli Enterprises and Ginsburg Development Companies, who are jointly developing the project, co-hosted the event that is a major step forward in redeveloping the riverfront riv·er·front n. The land or property along a river. of Westchester's oldest village. One Harbor Square will include 150 market-rate condominiums, 10,000 s/f of retail and restaurant space, as well as a waterfront park Waterfront Park can refer to any of a number of parks on a river or other body of water, including:
The existing ferry pier, which serves commuter ferries linking Ossining's Metro-North train station with Haverstraw on the west side of the Hudson, will be incorporated into the Harbor Square development. Before construction can begin, the site must be cleared of abandoned industrial buildings and debris, including the removal of underground oil tanks. Environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a work to remove contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. soil and asbestos in the old buildings will require several weeks to complete, after which the demolition and site clearing can be done. Construction of One Harbor Square will begin this spring and is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete. The parameters for the Harbor Square project were established by the Village Board, which then solicited proposals from dozens of development companies. Cappelli was selected from the numerous companies who responded. The village's criteria for development of the site were that any project would include residential and a modest amount of retail uses, as well as publicly accessible open space and amenities. After being selected, Cappelli and the Village Board worked through various approaches to the project, eventually settling on the current layout. It includes two residential buildings and a freestanding restaurant, and preserves nearly two thirds of the 4.5-acre site as publicly accessible open space with a broad range of amenities. Last summer, Cappelli and Ginsburg formed a joint venture to build and market One Harbor Square. Ginsburg has extensive experience developing waterfront projects along the Hudson, including projects currently underway at Peekskill, Haverstraw and Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow out-of-the-way, old-world village on Hudson. [Am. Lit.: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in Benét, 575] See : Isolation . Cappelli, through its George A. Fuller George A. Fuller (1851-1900) was the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers. He built the Tacoma building in 1889. This was the first structure where the outside walls were not load bearing. Fuller was an architect who invented the modern contracting system. Construction Co., will construct the project while Ginsburg will provide architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. input and will handle sales and marketing. |
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