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November 29, 2011
Glen Cove Waterfront Revitalization Moves Closer to Reality
Mayor Ralph Suozzi ignored the rain as he walked an empty lot along Glen Cove Creek on Tuesday. He was busy detailing exactly how significant this parcel, once home to Gladsky Marine, is to the redevelopment of the Glen Cove waterfront.
It’s a wide-open tract, and even on this overcast morning you could see all the way to the future Suozzi was selling.
That vision is lined with residential housing, parks, a marina and sidewalks that lead downtown and to an increased tax base that buoys the City in a rising economic tide. It’s called the RXR Glen Isle Waterfront Revitalization project, and it has been a decade in the making.
“They plan on having a shovel in the ground by the third quarter of next year,” Suozzi said of the massive build. “That’s really good news. We’re on the cusp of reaching the development effort we’ve all been trying to attain. Beside helping the environment, it’s putting the site back into productive use.”
RXR Glen Isle’s master plan calls for 860 residential units, 250-room hotel, office and retail space, marina and up to 30 percent of the grounds dedicated to open space. The Gladsky Marine parcel is just one piece of a complex 52-acre puzzle.
It’s a wide-open tract, and even on this overcast morning you could see all the way to the future Suozzi was selling.
That vision is lined with residential housing, parks, a marina and sidewalks that lead downtown and to an increased tax base that buoys the City in a rising economic tide. It’s called the RXR Glen Isle Waterfront Revitalization project, and it has been a decade in the making.
“They plan on having a shovel in the ground by the third quarter of next year,” Suozzi said of the massive build. “That’s really good news. We’re on the cusp of reaching the development effort we’ve all been trying to attain. Beside helping the environment, it’s putting the site back into productive use.”
RXR Glen Isle’s master plan calls for 860 residential units, 250-room hotel, office and retail space, marina and up to 30 percent of the grounds dedicated to open space. The Gladsky Marine parcel is just one piece of a complex 52-acre puzzle.
