Photo taken from Route 6 and Joe's Hill Rd
Courtesy of Cathy Croft
On Monday, February 27, 2006 Developer, Paul Camarda, unveiled his plans for ‘Stateline Retail Centre’. Located on Route 6 East about a mile from the Connecticut border this 183,000 square foot shopping center (about half the size of ‘The Highlands’/Home Depot) will be set on approximately 45 acres.
There are four proposed buildings. The anchor store will be about 135,000 square feet. The buildings will sit about 20 to 25 feet below Route 84. Although several anchors were mentioned (BJ’s, Sam’s Club, Dick’s Sporting Goods, an electronics store and Target) no commitments have been made. Mr. Camarda has said that it will be about a year until an anchor is in place.
At the Planning Board presentation Mr. Camarda touted the current infrastructure of the underutilized Route 6. Presently this four-lane road handles around 7000 cars per day while Route 22 carries around 25,000 vehicles. The ‘Stateline’ site has approximately 3000 feet of linear road frontage.
The completed center is expected to bring in $3.5 million in sales tax for Putnam County. Additional revenue will be generated from property taxes.
Mr. Camarda also made clear that no wetland or wetland buffer incursion will be necessary and no variances will be needed.
There will be approximately 15 acres of impervious surface (presently 916 parking spaces) and roof water will be used for irrigation.
The Planning Board’s concerns centered on traffic issues and the fact that the Environmental Assessment Form ‘needed work’ and that part III would likely have to be completed as well. This project will probably receive a Positive Declaration ensuring intensive environmental and traffic scrutiny.
In a possibly related sidebar, the Southeast Town Board had recently proposed new zoning regulations that would limit retail buildings to 25,000 square feet in size. This law would deal specifically with several commercial districts (specifically the proposed site of
‘Stateline RetailCentre)’ but would not apply to the HC-1 districts.
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