Pepe seeks to build Porsche dealership in White Plains

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Pepe Auto Group, which serves the luxury auto market in Westchester and Rockland, wants to add a Porsche dealership at 1 and 25 Aqueduct Road in White Plains, just off Central Avenue. The Porsche sales and service center would be adjacent to Pepe's Genesis dealership at 300 Central Park Ave. Pepe is seeking site plan and special permit approval from White Plains to allow the project to move forward.

Pepe 's dealerships in addition to Genesis include Audi Nyack, Mercedes-Benz of New Rochelle, Mercedes-Benz of White Plains, Pepe Cadillac on Water Steet. in White Plains, Porsche Larchmont, and Mercedes-Benz of White Plains Vans. Attorneys David Steinmetz and

Kasey Brenner of the White Plainsbased law firm Zarin & Steinmetz told the White Plains Common Council that the property where the Porsche building would be located is approximately 1.32 acres and has been cleared. It previously had a retail building on 1 Aqueduct Road and a two-story home on 25 Aqueduct Road. Steinmetz and Brenner said that both buildings have been demolished. The proposed new building would have a footprint of approximately 24,318 square feet, just slightly larger than the 20,765-square-foot retail build - ing that had been on the site. They explained that the 1 Aqueduct Road parcel is located in both the B-3 (Intermediate Business) and LI (Light Industrial) Zoning Districts, and the 25 Aqueduct Road parcel located in the B-3 District. Both of those districts allow by issuance of a special permit uses that are in the Pepe proposal, including motor vehicle sales or rental, accessory repair shops, service stations or outdoor storage of motor vehicles, Steinmetz and Brenner said that the proposal complies with zoning and will provide a total of 108 parking spaces where only 92 are required. There would be 26 outdoor parking spaces and 82 indoor spaces. The attorneys took the position that nothing about that project that Pepe is proposing would hinder or discourage the appropriate develop - ment and use of adjacent land and buildings. In addition, they said that the project "will not be more objectionable to nearby properties by reason of noise, traffic, fumes, vibrations, or other characteristics than that of uses not requiring a special permit."

According to documents on file with the Westchester County Clerk's Office, on Aug. 8, 2022, Ross Realty Associates LLC sold the property with an address of 1 Aqueduct Road to 1 Aqueduct Properties LLC, which had the same address as Pepe Auto Group in White Plains. The consideration was $10,575,000. Documents also showed that the property at 25 Aqueduct Road was sold on Aug. 8, 2022, to 1 Aqueduct Properties LLC by 25 Aqueduct Road LLC for $425,000.