WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. May 5, 2008: The Common Council approved construction of The Venue this evening, an upscale mini-mall to be built on the present parking lot opposite Bloomingdale's. The vote was 6-1, with Milagros Lecuona voting against.
The Venue, approved this evening, will be a 15 store plus restaurant shopping center at 120 Bloomingdale Road, across the way from Bloomingdale's department store. It is described as a 46,000 square foot retail development to go on the parking lot of the former Nestle building (currently the offices of the New York State Department of Labor). The site is shown above, across from the entrance of Bloomingdale's, looking West. The shopping center would be built on the parking lot.
