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News from the Planning Board Armonk Square After a through review process, the Applicant received final approval from the Planning Board on February 25, 2008. Armonk Square has received approval from the Westchester County Department of Health and the Applicant is working on completing all conditions of the Town Approval. Installation of sewer and water infrastructure is anticipated to commence soon. Yellow Barn The outside of the building has been completely redesigned and a new off-street parking area is being constructed. The Town has recommended that a new traffic signal be installed at the intersection of Bedford Road and Cox Avenue, and the property owner has agreed to pay for its installation. However, the New York State Department of Transportation has not yet granted permission to install the traffic signal. The property is owned by the Livanos family of North Castle. They have restaurants in New York City and New Jersey and also own the City Limits restaurants in White Plains and Stamford. The new restaurant in the building is proposed to be a “table cloth restaurant” and will have its own distinctive atmosphere. North Broadway Seven Springs While Trump brought the Town into the litigation because the Town had closed the Oregon Road access to Seven Springs, the road closing was concluded as an issue last year. The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court held that the closing did not extinguish any private easement over the roadbed that Trump claims to have acquired when he bought the property from Rockefeller University in 1995. The Nature Conservancy owns the roadbed, and it is up to the Nature Conservancy to litigate the private easement issue with Trump. Development on the property will not occur until the access issue is resolved. If Trump does have access via Oregon Road, he will file a subdivision application with the Planning Board. If it is determined that Trump does not have access via Oregon Road, Trump will need to find some other way to access the North Castle portion of the property. At this time, the Town cannot anticipate Trump’s future development plan for the property. However, the site contains approximately 100 acres and the area was rezoned from 2 acre minimum lot sizes to 4 acre minimum lot sizes as part of the comprehensive land use regulations adopted in 2006. DuBos Property
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The Armonk Square property was acquired by a group of local North Castle investors – the DioGuardis and the Zaretskys. As many residents know, Armonk Square is a proposed mixed-use development consisting of five new buildings, parking areas and site amenities in downtown Armonk. Located within the Central Business Zoning District, the site is approximately three acres in size, on the interior of the existing development block located between Main Street, Maple Avenue and Bedford Road. The development include sample public space that can be utilized for community events. The five new buildings will each have retail and service establishments on the first floor and 21 one bedroom residential units on the second floor. Four of the units will be Middle Income Units with maximum sales prices regulated by the Town. There is no vehicular access from Main Street, although a large pedestrian/public area with an abundance of street furniture is accessible from Main Street.
Construction at the Modern Furniture Barn (Yellow Barn) property is in full swing, and a new skin is being applied to the existing vacant building located at 430 Bedford Road at the intersection of Cox Avenue. The old Yellow Barn building will become a mixed-use development comprised of a 5,000 square foot quality restaurant, 6,000 square feet of retail space and 11,000 square feet of office space.
The Planning Board is considering a new application for the construction of a new 10,500 square foot mixed-use (retail and medical office) building on the property where three existing, mostly vacant, buildings are located. The proposed plan will place the new building adjacent to North Broadway with a new parking lot at the sides and rear of the building. The entire site will be revitalized and contain new sidewalks, landscaping, site lighting and parking areas.