This holiday season, Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack, with stores at The Westchester and City Center in White Plains respectively as well as a Nordstrom at The SoNo Collection in Norwalk, are primed to be a gifting destination for shoppers, with everything from exclusive Disney100 and Swarovski pop-ups to festive experiences. Services include the retailer’s online wish-list function, […]
New Holiday Tradition Is Growing And The Gifts Keep Giving All Year - Mount Vernon, NY - The company behind NYC's grandest holiday displays is again hosting "Holiday Lane at American Christmas" in their Westchester workshop.
While the Halloween candy is still be consumed and Thanksgiving is three weeks on the horizon, the Mount Vernon retailer American Christmas is already highlighting “the most wonderful time of the year” with today’s launch of its “Holiday Lane” immersive walk-through experience.
And in the southwest corner of the city it will sit side by side with the industrial businesses that have anchored that neighborhood for decades. It would join two other apartment buildings that have risen there in recent years, The Modern at Mount Vernon Avenue and Macquesten and 22 South West St., with others in the works.
Jonathan Gertman, vice president of development for Cleveland-based NRP Group, said it is consistent with the city s clear vision for the walkable mix of uses around public transportation.
He said there is always some reticence to change but people who want to be in interesting, active urban settings are willing to be around different uses. They are attracted to where stuff is going on.
The YMCA was closed for about four years when the city bought the building for $700,000 in 2012. Another $750,000 was borrowed for renovations but other than a new basketball court which has since sustained water damage the project was never completed.
The building reportedly contains mold, asbestos and other toxins and city officials for several years have determined that remediation and finishing the renovations to the pool, the plumbing and other areas of the building would be too costly.
The developer, a part of Comrie Enterprises, offered just $175,000 for the building in late 2017 but soon upped the offer to $550,000. Neither was seriously considered and the offer was nearly tripled last year.