Where should I send my thank you card to Mona for confirming the rumors about them taking 825k out of Rotterdam's hands for the sale of the curry rd plaza b/c Columbia may have built a grocery store on the Palma lumber site? Now how many years will Golub let the Palma lumber site decay for?
it will probably be turned into a planned parenthood with Golub endorsements...women's health you know
I shop in guilderland/nisky....I avoid hannaford/price chop in rotterdam.....
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And then there was one High bidder on Curry Road Plaza redevelopment backs out Rotterdam officials are eager to see Curry Road Plaza be redeveloped after two decades of sitting vacant. Photo by John Purcell. By John Purcell As of Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -3:30 p.m.
#ROTTERDAM — One company that saw potential in Rotterdam’s dilapidated Curry Road Plaza four years ago will likely realize its vision after a bidding process shakeup left it as the sole bidder.
#The Rotterdam Town Board on Wednesday, Oct. 10, heard Forum Industries President Andrew Sciocchetti, who outlined plans for the blighted 12-acre site that include razing existing structures and constructing four new buildings. Two retail and office buildings, with one at 2,500 square feet and the other at 4,000 square feet, would face Curry Road in Rotterdam. Two, three-story buildings would be built behind the commercial front, total 120,000 square feet and hold 180 senior apartments.
#Town Supervisor Harry Buffardi said he is anxious to see the property get back on the tax rolls and be redeveloped.
#“It has been languishing there for 25 to 30 years,” Buffardi said. “This is town owned property, we got trees growing out of the roof.”
#The board is expected to vote on Forum Industries’ $20 million investment proposal at its Wednesday, Oct. 24, meeting. The company is the only remaining bidder interested in the property, which has remained largely vacant after Kmart left more than two decades ago.
Highest bid withdrawn #Columbia Development Companies had submitted the highest proposed purchase price at $1.2 million, far more than Forum’s $375,000 offer.
#Town officials had called for bids in June and only two official bids were submitted by the July deadline. Two more bids had been turned in, with one bid delivered to the wrong location and another arriving shortly after the deadline, but the town attorney tossed both out on legal grounds.
#The Town Board was expected to pick Columbia’s bid, but the company withdrew its bid on Oct. 3 in a two-sentence letter to the town clerk. The letter did not explain the reason for the withdrawal.
alls requesting comment from Columbia were not returned.
#Buffardi, however, has said Columbia wasn’t able to purchase the adjacent Palma Lumber property because The Golub Corporation recently bought it. Columbia’s proposed project, though not detailed in its bid, included purchasing the adjacent property, according to Buffardi.
#“It is pretty clear that Columbia came in for purposes of a larger development there,” Buffardi said. “They were working on securing those properties under contract … and when they couldn’t do that, obviously their interest level dropped.”
#Mona Golub, a spokeswoman for the Golub Corporation, said the company has been planning to buy the Palma Lumber property all along in anticipation of redevelopment there.
#“Our acquisition of the Palma Lumber parcel preserves our interest in the redevelopment of the plaza that we have been working on for nearly three years,” she said.
#She added the company has worked with town officials and Sciocchetti over the last three years after Forum Industries first expressed interest in the Curry Road Plaza. The Palma Lumber property “might well play into” redevelopment efforts, she said.............................>>>>........................>>>>..........................http://www.schenectadyspotlight.com/news/2012/oct/17/and-then-there-was-one/?page=2
yeah sure......wanted to make sure of no further competition.....sly as a fox....Now with Hannaford, Walmart, Shop Rite.....Golub is not top dog in this area...
that's too bad
Now Curry Rd....will really be a hassle.....and no way out....
yeah sure......wanted to make sure of no further competition.....sly as a fox....Now with Hannaford, Walmart, Shop Rite.....Golub is not top dog in this area...
that's too bad
Now Curry Rd....will really be a hassle.....and no way out....
There will probably be a traffic light for the new development.
Town Clerk The town clerk is also clerk of the town board but has no vote. The clerk is in charge of most town records, issues certain licenses and permits, fi les reports with county and State agencies as required, is involved with election administration, posts legal notices, and is, in many ways, a pivot around which the town operates (Town Law, Section 30).
like I said before the active attentiveness and timeliness of the clerks office (since it is the pinion on which the town spins) is a GIANT important factor as to what this town has or has not.....
there are 2 choices in this
1. no one knew about the other bids(lost or what ever) we all know the grapevine INEPT? 2. everyone knew and made plans accordingly CROOKED?
SHOW ME THE $$ TRAIL
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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