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Trustees green light Dobbs Ferry development

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BY BILL FALLON bfallon@westfairinc.com

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he Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees has approved the site plan for Rivertowns Square, a mixed-use development of 202 luxury rental units and a retail shopping center anchored by a movie theater complex on 18 acres in the village. The $150 million project adjoins Chauncey Square Shopping Center, near the intersection of Lawrence Street and the Saw Mill River Parkway. The board narrowly approved the site plan by a 4-3 vote Tuesday night. Trustees by the same majority in January approved the project’s environmental impact statement. The Rivertowns Square development has drawn organized opposition from residents in the community. “The primary approvals are behind us,” said Corey Rabin, managing member of the developer, Dobbs Ferry Capital Partners L.L.C. His partner in the project is Martin Berger, principal of Armonk-

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New look page 14 Head chef Jean-Claude Lanchais shows Renaissance General Manager Catherine Stevens the menu at the Hive Living Room + Bar restaurant, one of the newly renovated spaces inside the hotel.

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Building for health care Developers plan summer construction start in Purchase

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

tWo mEtropolitaN DEVElopErs with strong ties to Westchester County expect to break ground in August on an 85,000-square-foot office building in Purchase to be leased by one of the county’s largest medical group practices. It will be the first class-A office building to rise in Westchester in 25 years. Simone Healthcare Development, a division of Bronx-based Simone Development Cos., and Fareri Associates L.P., the family-owned

company based in Greenwich, Conn., recently applied for a building permit from the town of Harrison for a four-story office building with underground parking at 3030 Westchester Ave. in the Harrison Executive Medical Park. The approximately $22 million construction project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. Westmed Medical Group has signed a longterm lease to fully occupy the new building, Simone Development announced. The development will feature custom-built medical suites ranging from 1,500 square feet to 26,000 square feet. Building, page 6

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