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MALTA Plans for a massive warehouse complex at the Luther Forest Technology Campus are facing some opposition, including possibly from the industrial park’s only major tenant, the GlobalFoundries Fab 8 computer chip plant.
The Town Board voted 3-2 on Monday to approve the scope for an environmental impact statement to be done by Scannell Properties of Indianapolis, a national commercial real estate developer whose other projects include the million-square-foot Amazon distribution center in Rensselaer County.
Scannell is proposing up to five major warehouse buildings at the technology campus, with a possible square footage of up to 3.5 million square feet, and a potential for creating 2,500 new jobs.
Springfield’s neighborhoods could soon be seeing some help in addressing nuisance properties.
On Tuesday, the city’s director of the department handling weed, trash and dangerous building complaints proposed doubling the number of inspectors and staff available to address a long-discussed issue.
Currently, the city has five inspectors stationed throughout the city who field and address complaints about weeds, overgrowth and trash.
Dwayne Shmel, the recently hired Building and Development Services director, said he wanted the council to approve adding one additional inspector as well as two patrolling code compliance officers and one citywide code compliance officer to oversee trash clean-ups.