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11/20/2012 1 “Daylighting” An Economic Engine for the City of Yonkers Ms. Wilson Kimball Deputy Commissioner City of Yonkers Department of Planning and Development Daylighting Overview • Daylighting is bringing jobs to Yonkers • i.Park is in discussion with a tenant that would bring 225 jobs to Yonkers • The tenant was enticed by 4 factors: 1. proximity to NYC 2. train access to NYC 3. views of the Palisades/Hudson River and 4. Daylighting being their “front lawn” • Daylighting is bringing more commercial tenants to Yonkers • i.Park has leased out more space • The Energy Project has moved in • the Academy for Jewish Religion has started classes • Contrafect is planning to expand and add jobs.
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Daylighting is bringing jobs to Yonkers i.Park is in discussion with a tenant that would bring 225 jobs to YonkersDaylighting is bringing more commercial tenants to Yonkers
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“Daylighting”y g gAn Economic Engine for the City
of Yonkers
Ms. Wilson KimballDeputy Commissioner
City of YonkersDepartment of Planning and Development
Daylighting Overview
• Daylighting is bringing jobs to Yonkers
• i.Park is in discussion with a tenant that would bring 225 jobs to Yonkersg j• The tenant was enticed by 4 factors:
1. proximity to NYC 2. train access to NYC3. views of the Palisades/Hudson River and 4. Daylighting being their “front lawn”
• Daylighting is bringing more commercial tenants to Yonkers• i.Park has leased out more space• The Energy Project has moved in• the Academy for Jewish Religion has started classes • Contrafect is planning to expand and add jobs.
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Daylighting Phase I Van Der Donck
estimated $110 million project
$10.6 M
Teutonia Hall
$180‐million venture
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Collins IV
$147‐million venture
Daylighting Phase I Van Der Donck Park is 99% complete.
The City is finishing up punchlist items.
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Yonkers Rising: Larkin Plaza
• Daylighting is spurring Residential Development in Yonkers
• Yonkers Rising• Yonkers Rising
• 78,099 SF in new/renovated Commercial Space
• 16,225 in new/renovated Retail Space
• 11,339 in new/renovated Restaurant space
• 468 new parking spaces
• 601 Construction jobs
• 344 permanent jobs
• 329 indirect jobs
Nearly $110,000,000 in investment
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Daylighting Phase II – Mill Street Courtyard
• Graphic – design by Edgewater, hired by COY in 2012• Originally Daylighting was not part of the design requirements • However, COY is now looking at two places to do the daylighting, g p y g g
1. Between Mill Street and North Broadway and 2. Between Mill Street and Warburton Avenue.
• Challenges:
1. Mill Street must remain a through street because it is the only public street that can allow emergency vehicles such as fire trucks to access 2 Mill Street (Block 2003, lot 42)
2. 25 North Broadway must get oil deliveries to the back of their building. (Block 2003, lot 20)
3. Legal contract between City and developer of 5‐7 Main Street (Block 2003, lot 37) that requires loading and unloading access at the back of the building on the loading dock.
Daylighting Phase II – Mill Street Courtyard
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Daylighting Phase III – River Park Center
• New Main Street Development Corporation received $8 Million grant from Empire State Development for the purchase of buildings from Ann Street to Nepperhan St.
• NMSDC is currently negotiating with 5 building owners to come to a mutually agreed upon settlement by the end of 2012 otherwise the YIDA will move to take the properties through eminent domain.
• The plan is to eventually raze the buildings, reinforce the exposed portion of the river and create a public park.
Daylighting Phase III – River Park Center
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• The River is exposed in the triangle beyond River Park that is bordered by NepperhanA N S h l d El S
Daylighting Phase IV – Up River
Avenue, New School and Elm Streets.
• This area is currently inhospitable and underwhelming.
• A programmed, clean, and orderly City Park along the banks of the River would provide yet another venue for families and others to walk, read, play and learn about the important of the River in terms of the environment and history of Yonkers.
“Daylighting”An Economic Engine for the
City of Yonkers
Ms. Wilson KimballDeputy Commissioner
Department of Planning and Development87 Nepperhan Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701(914) 377-6080(914) 377-6080
Email: [email protected]: www.YonkersNY.gov
