Holiday Inn Express, and Other Retailers to Replace Thruway Plaza Strip
Plans are moving forward to demolish Thruway Plaza on Route 59 and replace it with a five-story, 123-room Holiday Inn Express.
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Aldi Supermarket Planned For Former Pathmark Site In Nanuet
An Aldi Supermarket, the German-based grocer that is expanding in the US, will open in the long-vacant site previously occupied by Pathmark in the Rockland Center at 43 E. Route 59, according to Royal Properties, the plaza’s real estate broker. The company, which is taking a portion of the former supermarket site, chose the location […]
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Rockland’s Mattress Firm Stores Spared Bankruptcy Closing
Rest assured, Rockland’s two Mattress Firm locations have been spared in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that will close up to 700 stores nationwide. That may still changes as the company continues to close stores. After a major acquisition in recent years, the chain has 3.230 company-owned stores and another 125 franchised locations. It has […]
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Food Truck Vendor Enjoys Being In The Driver’s Seat
Five Senses Food Truck is a Staple of the Haverstraws By Tina Traster Sometimes an accidental question puts you on an unexpected road. For Jason Quinones, that road is 56 West Broad Street in the Village of Haverstraw, where he parks his food truck five days a week. Four years ago, the 37-year-old Stony Point […]
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Bob’s Discount Furniture Replaces Babies R Us
NANUET – Babies R Us shuttered its store in the Kohl’s Plaza on Route 59 in June, part of the nationwide closing of all Toys R Us and Babies R Us retail locations. Here’s what’s coming into that space, according to David Landes, principal of Royal Properties Inc., which represented the landlord, Juster Development. Bob’s Discount Furniture is moving from its Hutton Avenue […]
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Seed Seller Spread His Wings
Scott Gunther, owner of the Paramus, New Jersey franchise Wild Birds Unlimited, has spent 12 years turning his enterprise into a successful destination for backyard bird hobbyists.
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Zen & The Art Of Veterinary Visits
VCAH Offers a Soothing Alternative to Medical Care By Tina Traster Valley Cottage Animal Hospital completed a recent expansion this past summer but they’ve done more than add space. In a departure from the frenetic, stressful hospital environment, Harmony Pet Wellness Center is a spa-like environment that is far less taxing on both the furry […]
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Like a Pie, Growing a Business Takes Time and Love
The Pie Lady Is Ready for Its Next Act By Tina Traster Wil Tyler’s business education began in his mother’s kitchen. Deborah Tyler, aka “The Pie Lady, not only taught her son to bake, she showed him what entrepreneurial persistence looks like. Those lessons are paying off as Tyler, and his sister Bri Tyler, scale […]
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New York City Firefighter Opens Rockland’s First MAX Challenge
In a few years, New York City firefighter John Delgado will be eligible to collect his pension serving for 20 years. At 41 years old, with a wife and two children to support, Delgado is transitioning from extinguishing fires to turning up the heat at The MAX Challenge, a franchise he opened in September in New City.
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