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Southern County EDC reports mixed development outlook; warehouses, a small data center and film production draw attention
Summary
Southern County Economic Development Corporation quarterly report to the Putnam County committee highlighted multiple residential and commercial projects across the county, concerns about warehouse proliferation and repurposing, a small proposed data center, and growing interest from the film industry.
Kathleen Abel, president of the Southern County Economic Development Corporation, gave the committee a broad quarterly update on development across Putnam County, saying, “There’s a lot going on. Some of it’s good news, some of it’s a little bit of worrying, but we persevere.”
The report summarized dozens of active and proposed projects across villages and towns: senior-oriented condos and townhomes north of Route 6; a 50-unit multifamily proposal on Seminary Hill Road; a proposed 120-room boutique hotel in Patterson; a planned 80-unit second phase at Fox Run; and multiple warehouse proposals along Route 22 and elsewhere. Abel said a 100,000-square-foot warehouse is proposed next to Stack and Store in Patterson and at least six additional warehouse proposals are active in the southeast part of the county.
The EDC also called attention to a small commercial data-center proposal presented to…
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