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Peekskill Finds New Use for an Old Landfill

Brenner, Elsa

2007

Overview

Frank LaVardera, a principal with Clough Harbour & Associates, an engineering and consulting firm in Albany that has been hired by the developer, said the project was helped by the fact that the landfill is flat. ''It's not your classic characteristic large mound that you see in most landfills,'' he said. ''In this case, the topographic configuration lends itself to what we're planning.'' CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services firm, has been hired to lure companies to the northern part of the county. Paul Hoffmann, a vice president for the CB Richard Ellis's offices in Stamford, described Peekskill as an ''untapped market,'' conveniently located near the Bear Mountain Bridge and Route 9, a major north-south road. There is also rail service to Grand Central Terminal on the Metro-North Hudson line. ''That deal will take another old problem from the middle of the last century off our hands,'' he said. ''It's a natural to think about more commercial development, and not just more housing, up here.''

• Publisher: New York Times Company
• Subject: Area planning & development / Eichengrum, William / Land use / Landfill / Office buildings / Peekskill New York