White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Bar Building Owner Contests Cappelli-Bland Hotel. Has Own Plan.WP Budget Up 7.5%

WPCNR Common Council Chronicle. By John F. Bailey. April 8, 2003: The Scoping Session on the 221 Main Street Cappelli-Bland Hotel project was highlighted by a strong message from a representative of the owners of the Bar Building on Main Street.

Attorney Kenneth Finger the owners would hotly contest super developer Louis Cappelli’s plans for taking the annex portion of their 199 Main Street building. He also reported they would be presenting their own plans to the city within two weeks for a light retail complex, fronting on the proposed Court Street extension entrance to the planned Cappelli-Bland Hotel complex.

In other Common Council action…

Mr. Cappelli withdrew a request to raise the height of his loft condominium building fronting on Martine Avenue, from 8 stories to 11 stories, planned as part of the City Center complex, as a minor site plan amendment.

A Reasoner Budget is Presented.

The Council was presented with a city budget 7-1/2% higher than last year’s $103 Million city budget , according to the Mayor’s Executive Officer, George Gretsas. No details were presented on the budget during the Council meeting, and no further details on the budget were provided to WPCNR prior to the council meeting, and no copy of the budget was available to WPCNR. A hearing on the new budget was scheduled for May 5.

The architects of the 10 Windsor Terrace condominium project presented their new plans for the project and the hearing remained opened for another month. The attorney for the Clayton Park team presenting the project, Mark Weingarten, said the owners were well aware of the Council’s concern for some affordable housing units and were at work “addressing those concerns.”


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