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John Golden

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Ron Fierstein’s musical-worthy life

Aug-31-08, 07:00 PM

A Brooklyn-bred transplant from Manhattan’s recording industry, Ron Fierstein tells the story of his “previous lives” and the family ties entwined in his career in the framed photos, paintings and plaques that cover the walls of his tucked-away office in Bedford Hills.

County broadband efforts up for award

Jan-27-08, 07:00 PM

Westchester County is in the running for 2008 Intelligent Community of the Year award  



County cracks down on businesses violating recycling law

May-22-09, 01:15 PM

Westchester County uses stepped-up enforcement and education to get businesses to recycle waste products.



Takeover issue not on tap at Pepsi meeting

May-29-09, 10:40 AM

PepsiCo’s takeover bid for Pepsi Bottling Group has sparked “poison pill” strategies and lawsuits.

Bullish on commercial space

Apr-13-08, 07:00 PM

Sector healthy, but deals are dieting.

Office tower signs Maryland health care company

Apr-06-08, 07:00 PM

A specialty health care company will relocate its corporate headquarters from suburban Maryland to the central business district in downtown White Plains.  

San-Mar to add 115 jobs

Feb-01-10, 01:37 PM

An Elmsford drug manufacturer will add 115 jobs over three years.

Weisz move

Developer plans $75M office building, hotel along Platinum Mile

Sep-14-08, 07:00 PM

Developer Robert P. Weisz thinks the time is right to put shovels in the ground and bury an oft-heard observation about Westchester County’s prime commercial office market: Nothing new gets built here



Laxmen in real estate

Oct-02-09, 01:03 PM

A team of commercial office brokers in Westchester has a common past in the sport of lacrosse.

Homes sales up slightly

Jul-01-07, 07:00 PM

Sales of single-family homes in Westchester County rose slightly from April to May, yet lagged behind the booming pace of the two previous spring seasons, according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) in its monthly housing market survey.



BOMA honors Fordham, Reckson

May-10-09, 07:00 PM

Westchester’s Building Owners and Managers Association hands out honors at its annual awards dinner in Tarrytown.

Home sales, prices on the rise in county

Jul-13-08, 07:00 PM

Sales of existing single-family homes in Westchester County rose in May from April’s volume and the median sales price of a home rose at an even higher rate, according to the New York State Association of Realtors.

Leasing agent chosen for former General Foods site

Feb-22-09, 07:00 PM

The owner of 333 Westchester Ave. has picked FirstService Williams Commercial Real Estate as exclusive leasing agent for the 500,000-square-foot former General Foods headquarters in White Plains.

Market changes put LCOR project in limbo

Aug-17-08, 07:00 PM

Pressed for time and money, a development executive at LCOR Inc. recently summed up his company’s dilemma before the White Plains Common Council.

Fordham offers course to keep execs in the green

Oct-19-08, 07:00 PM

Fordham University last week inaugurated its Executive Education Program at its new Westchester campus with a course offering a time-honored mix of business and pleasure.

Cycling advocates: Time to get up to speed

Apr-12-09, 07:00 PM

Commercial office landlord George T. Constantin thinks much of the current profusion of “green” talk amounts to a lot of hot air.



PepsiCo to Acquire Pepsi Bottling Group

Aug-07-09, 02:11 PM

PepsiCo Inc. will pay about $7.8 billion to merge its two leading bottlers in the food and beverage giant’s operations.

Flood-battered village heals

Apr-13-08, 07:00 PM

Mamaroneck dries out after flood.

A riverfront remade

Yonkers to gut, improve 153 acres

Dec-30-07, 07:00 PM

It would transform a deteriorated and environmentally contaminated industrial sector of Yonkers into a Hudson River mecca of public parks and plazas, marinas and boat launches, apartment buildings and townhouses, neighborhood retail stores and restaurants linked by a waterfront esplanade.

WCC to start nationwide immigrant education program

Jun-15-08, 07:00 PM

Westchester Community College in Valhalla will create a national community college consortium for immigrant education with the aid of a recently awarded $125,000 grant from a New York City-based family foundation.