New York State Department of Labor
Division of Research and Statistics
120 Bloomingdale Road, Room 218
White Plains, NY 10605
914-997-8798
This briefing provides information on firm-specific hiring and layoff announcements in the Hudson Valley. The information in this report is derived from press releases, newspapers, business journals, newsletters and other public sources. It does not include all expansions and contractions in the region – only those for which public information has been obtained. An attempt is made to present only current information – events that have recently occurred or will occur in the near future.
Dutchess County
Construction is underway for Mirbeau Inn and Spa on West Market Street in the Village of Rhinebeck. The project, centered around a 50-room resort, has been in the planning stages for more than a decade. The plans call for a French-inspired architecture with a 12,000sq. ft. spa and fitness center, an outdoor year-round aqua terrace, 3,000sq. ft. of meeting and conference space, a restaurant and a bar. The resort is expected to open in fall, 2019, creating an estimated 200 permanent jobs. PC Construction, the builder for the project, is expected to create 100 temporary construction jobs. Mirbeau Companies have developed and managed European-inspired boutique hotels, spas and resorts for 20 years, including locations in Skaneateles in Onandaga County, and Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Orange County
Alembic Community Development recently unveiled plans to build a mixed-income apartment complex for incomes ranging from $53,992 to $122,980. The plans call for 140 residences to be built on a 1.8-acre vacant parcel on Montgomery Street. In addition, the plans also call for 18,690sq. ft. of commercial space and supportive housing for people in need of housing and services. It is estimated that the project would create 270 full-time construction jobs and at least 60 permanent jobs.
DraggonsGate Entertainment Ltd., a virtual reality entertainment company, plans to buy and convert the long-stalled Tuxedo Farms housing development into an interactive fantasy adventure park. The plans call for the company to develop an environmentally friendly park that would employ an estimated 1,200 workers. The project would feature an “interactive adventure fantasy park” with 900 costumed characters and over 1,000 acres of massive ancient fantasy exteriors and huge interior Hollywood movie sets.
The Town of New Windsor Planning Board recently approved a site plan for a 310-unit housing development on 55-acres near Route 32 and Union Avenue. RPA Associates, the developer behind the massive development project known as “Patriot Bluff,” had originally been granted approval in March, 2012 to build 178 townhouses on the property, but the company had recently amended those plans. The new plans call for 168 two-bedroom and 142 one-bedroom apartments to be built in two phases. The development will also include a clubhouse and outdoor pool. No job numbers were announced.
Putnam County
Romania’s largest spirits producer announced plans to establish its first United States distillery in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region. The Alexandrion Group will invest more than $40 million on its new 120,000sq. ft. distillery and tasting room in the Town of Carmel. The new distillery, which is scheduled to be completed in 2020, will produce premium spirits tailored for the U.S. market, such as whiskey, bourbon, gin, brandy, and vodka. Once in operation, the distillery will create about 102 jobs. Empire State Development offered the company up to $2.7 million in performance-based tax credits through the Excelsior Jobs Program.
Rockland County
Nothing to report.
Sullivan County
Nothing to report.
Ulster County
Nothing to report.
Westchester County
Fitness Factory Health Club has signed a lease for 16,000sq. ft. of space at RXR Realty’s Larkin Plaza complex in downtown Yonkers. The high-end health club, a N.J.-based company will open its first upscale gym in downtown Yonkers in early 2019. The company has four locations in the Garden State and plans to open a fifth one in Somerset. No job numbers were announced.
Hilton Garden Inn recently opened a new hotel at 201 Ogden Ave. in Dobbs Ferry. The 143-room hotel offers a slew of amenities and services, including complimentary WiFi, a 24-hour business center, a fitness center, complimentary shuttle within a five-mile radius and an indoor saltwater pool. The new hotel will be operated by Baywood Hotels Inc., a hospitality management and development company based in Columbia, Maryland. No job numbers were announced.
Lennar Multifamily Communities, the developer behind the $275 million redevelopment of the former Westchester Pavilion property, has submitted an update to its original plans for the project. The original plans, which included two, 24-story residential towers, were revised and the plans now call for reducing the site’s retail square footage to make room for more residences. The Westchester County IDA had initially approved approximately $14.5 million in exemptions on mortgage recording taxes, as well as on sales tax for construction and equipment purchases. Officials from Lennar had previously estimated that the project would create about 2,895 temporary construction jobs and 72 permanent jobs.
North Shore Farms, a supermarket chain with several locations in Long Island and New York City, plans to open its first Westchester County location at the site of the former A&P supermarket in Mamaroneck. Construction on Mamaroneck’s newest supermarket will soon begin, with a scheduled opening set for 2019. North Shore Farms is a combination of a grocery, farmers market and specialty shop. No job numbers were announced.
The Westchester IDA recently gave preliminary approval for sales tax and mortgage tax exemptions for a residential/retail project in White Plains. The project, dubbed “The Collection,” is a $136.2 million mixed-use building that is being built on a 3.1-acre parcel on the northern side of Westchester Avenue. Plans for The Collection calls for two structures with 276 apartments and 24,526sq. ft. of retail space between Westchester and Franklin avenues. Seventeen apartments will be designated for affordable housing and will be rented at 60 to 80 percent of the area median income. The project will also have 716 parking spaces, including 275 for exclusive use by the city. An estimated 250 temporary construction jobs and 91 permanent jobs will be created.
White Plains Hospital has recently expanded its radiation oncology department with a new center for radiosurgery. The new renovated space will provide patients with access to the Varian Edge Radiosurgery System – the first facility in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Fairfield, CT counties to do so. The Edge is particularly effective for treating small tumors. Treatments are delivered painlessly in a compressed period of time, often in as few as five minutes. The precision and efficiency of the new technology helps patients with cancer achieve better outcomes and an enhanced quality of life through fewer treatments and minimal impact on surrounding healthy cells. No job numbers were announced.
Dutchess County
Nothing to report.
Orange County
Aptos, a retail software developer filed a WARN notice with the NYS Department of Labor in anticipation of a mass layoff. The company will lay off 40 workers at its Newburgh location. The layoffs will commence during the 14-day period starting on October 16, 2018.
City of Newburgh laid off five firefighters as it awaits the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision on a third application to a grant that had allowed the city to hire 15 new firefighters in 2014 and retain a dozen of the new positions as the first grant ran out in 2016. Initially, nine firefighters were identified for the layoffs but three of them were hired by the Arlington Fire District and a third one was hired to replace a retired vacated position.
Putnam County
Nothing to report.
Rockland County
Nothing to report.
Sullivan County
Nothing to report.
Ulster County
Nothing to report.
Westchester County
Jennifer’s, one of Westchester County’s last German-American restaurants, closed its operation on Saw Mill River Road, in Yorktown Heights. The restaurant, which offered authentic German food, had been in operation for 34 years. No job numbers were announced.
Walmart filed a WARN notice with the NYS Department of Labor on July 24, 2018 in anticipation of a mass layoff. The big-box retailer will close its store in White Plain and lay off 396 employees on August 10, 2018. The employees will be offered an opportunity to transfer to other Walmart locations. Employees who are not offered comparable positions with the company, will be paid through October 26, 2018 unless they leave the company before that date.
Healthcare workers employed at facilities covered by the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Nursing Homes recently conducted pickets to protests what they viewed as stalling tactics by management negotiators. Workers walked the informational picket lines at Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern and New York Medical Hospital in Valhalla. The workers are claiming that League management are not willing to bargain fairly. Also at issue are salaries and health benefits.
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