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Tompkinsville Sanitation garage is finally going where it belongs

Jersey Street Sanitation Garage Finally Moving

After Mayor DeBlasio announced that he included funding for the construction of a new District 1 Sanitation Garage at the Fresh Kills Landfill, the Staten Island Advance took a look at their archives to determine how discussions about moving the garage has progressed through the years.

It began in 1990s when residents of Castleton Avenue, Brook and Jersey Streets began complaining about the smell on hot days and began wondering if the refuse that was causing the smell could be toxic. They asked the city to move the garage out of a residential neighborhood.

Later on community activists called for the garage to be moved to the Teleport area which had been pegged as the future home of clean industry.…

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Empire Outlets Recruits Luxury Brands at Las Vegas RECON Convention

BFC Partners will attend the 2015 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECON conference to promote and recruit luxury brands for Empire Outlets. Joseph Ferrara, principal at BFC Partners, hopes to attract retailers that currently do not have a presence in New York at all. With Empire Outlets promised to be a hot spot for tourists and locals, Mr. Ferrara is confident that retailers will…

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SI LIVE Dramatic waterfront change as sleek apartments rise in Stapleton

900 units of upscale rental housing is quickly rising along Front Street in Stapleton, changing the way the waterfront looks and opening the door to new business opportunities to support thousands of new residents.

Currently the streets along the Stapleton waterfront include businesses such as a can-and-bottle redemption center; auto-body and collision shops; a lighting supply company; a car wash, and Acme Industrial which has been on Front Street since 1979. There’s also a building at 370 Front Street with a sign advertising a Hall for Rent and the Ocean Yacht Club Inc. 50/50 Skatepark is also located on Front Street.

A few For Sale signs on Front Street buildings signal that the area is preparing to undergo change as entrepreneurs hoping to…

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Outlets groundbreaking marks start of Staten Island changes

The groundbreaking ceremony for New York Wheel and Empire Outlets is scheduled for March 10th! For more information, check out Staten Island Advance article!

Groundbreaking ceremony for N.Y. Wheel and Empire Outlets scheduled for March 10

Featured image courtesy of Staten Island Advance.

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Staten Island’s Hot Commodity: Office Space

With all the development projects occurring in the North Shore, it’s not surprise that office space in the vicinity is becoming a hot commodity. John Pitera, our managing director at the St. George based, states “Your most valuable location is the street-front ground floor in a building. But if a company wants some type of visibility, they (business owners) may want the top floor.” The audience in…

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Groundbreaking ceremony for Empire Outlets

We’re proud to announce that the Empire Outlets project has created more than 1,800 jobs and brought $285 million in private investment on the North Shore of Staten Island. As members of this successful project, we had the honor to participate in in the ceremony dedicated tot he Empire Outlets project, which took place at Richmond Country Bank Ballpark. You can read more about it by visiting the SI…

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Staten Island at a Turning Point

The New York Times has written an article about the development projects taking place in the North Shore of Staten Island, questioning if these projects would becoming Staten Island’s turning point. As participants in these projects, we can tell you first hand that these projects will change everything about the North Shore of Staten Island. Have you seen the rendering of the Empire Outlets? The…

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Work Gets Underway on Empire Outlets Development

BFC Partners last week celebrated the groundbreaking of Empire Outlets, a  project that will create over 1,800 jobs and bring $285 million in private investment on the North Shore of Staten Island.

A 340,000 s/f  retail complex, Empire Outlets will offer increased amenities and shopping opportunities for residents and visitors at 100 designer outlet stores.

BFC Partners Principals Donald…

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Developers break ground on Staten Island’s massive Empire Stores project but Ferris wheel will come later

Here’s what is happening at the North Shore of Staten Island: the Empire Outlets project which will house 100 designer factory stores, the St. George project which will create a 190-room hotel and a 1,250-space parking garage, and the Ferris Wheel project, a 625-foot Ferris wheel that will be the largest observation wheel in the Western Hemisphere. The Daily News has written an article and we think…

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With 19 retailers in place, who could fill the rest of Empire Outlets?

James Prendamano, managing director for the St. George-based Casandra Properties states that the Empire Outlet is well on its way to becoming a hot spot for locals and tourists. With 19 retailers in place, Joseph Ferrara the principal of BFC Partners was pleased to say “We are looking forward to announcing additional exciting retailers and restaurants in the coming weeks and months. Empire Outlets…

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