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Real Estate Roundup: Another Floating Zone Proposed For Orangetown; SEQRA Amendments Exempt Most Housing Projects From Environmental Review; Clarkstown’s Real Estate Transfer Tax
Orangetown considers residential zoning overlays in commercial zones; SEQRA changes exempt most housing projects from environmental review; Clarkstown’s transfer tax
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Lawsuit Charging SEQRA & Zoning Violations Seeks To Stop New City Center Redevelopment
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What’s The Big Deal? Four Congers Development Parcels Sell For $6 Million; Kaser Acreage Sold For $17.5 Million; Mixed-Use Residential/Commercial Planned Including Urgent Care & Kosher Grocer; Spring Valley Industrial Nets $2.7 million
Large Mixed-Use Development in Kaser Financed With $55 million; Buildable Parcels Sold on Landmark Drive In Congers; Spring Valley Industrial Sells for $2.7 Million
What’s The Big Deal? Nanuet Industrial Sells For $8 Million; Nanuet Retail Nets $2.175 Million; Airmont Land Sells With Restrictions; Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Ramapo Parcels; Haverstraw Apartments Sell For $6.75 Million
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Nanuet Industrial Building Sells For $8 Million 31 Murray Hill Drive, LLC sold the property at that same address in Nanuet to Tiger HL Realty LLC for $8 million. Financing in the amount of $6.4 million was provided by Bank of America. Brooklyn-based Tiger HL Realty LLC is managed by Hillel […]
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Lawsuit Charges Government Surveillance Of Vehicles By License Plate Readers Violates Personal Privacy
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Real Estate Roundup: Another Floating Zone Proposed For Orangetown; SEQRA Amendments Exempt Most Housing Projects From Environmental Review; Clarkstown’s Real Estate Transfer Tax
Orangetown considers residential zoning overlays in commercial zones; SEQRA changes exempt most housing projects from environmental review; Clarkstown’s transfer tax
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