PORT CHESTER: A 194-Unit Apartment Building That Will Require A Brownfield Clean Up And Blasting Is Proposed

VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER (WESTCHESTER COUNTY) NY: A 12 story building that would contain 194 units: 74 studios; 70 one-bedroom units;  50 two-bedroom units, as well as, have 124 off-street parking spaces accessed from Pearl Street is being proposed.

Port Chester’s Planning Commission is expected to discuss the proposal for the site consists of two lots, 28 and 34 Pearl Street, when it meets Monday, July 25th. 

Currently, 28 Pearl Street has a single-story vehicle repair shop and 34 Pearl Street is occupied by a single-family residence.

A traffic study claims that the project is anticipated to generate 34 vehicles during the morning peak hour and 33 vehicles during the afternoon peak hour, because it is a "transit-oriented" development

Another study claims the impact on local public schools would be limited to an estimated 25 children.

Of the project’s 194 apartments, 20 would be in the affordable housing category. They would include eight studio apartments, seven one-bedroom apartments, and five two-bedroom apartments.

Port Chester requires that 10% of the units be offered as affordable.

The developer says a Brownfield cleanup agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be required and blasting would need to take place for rock removal to create the proposed "basement foundation grade".

Pearl Street Development LLC is represented by Attorney Anthony B. Gioffre III of the White Plains-based law firm Cuddy & Feder.