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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, July 24, 2019
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Building under construction on Hawkins Drive
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A rendering of 84 Hawkins Drive, located in the Town of Montgomery across from Shop Rite, when completed.
A new 81,200-square-foot multi-
purpose building on Hawkins Drive
in the Town of Montgomery is being
constructed for warehousing and light
manufacturing.
Fergal Conefrey, Managing Director
of Times Square Construction ,
said Alubuild USA, LLC, and HDK
Construction, LLC—both affiliates of
Tower Holdings Group, Inc. (THG)—will
temporarily store high-rise construction
materials, such as unitized aluminum,
glass curtainwall and masonry, before
they are delivered to job sites. These
materials will be used on several high-
rise projects throughout New York City
and the five boroughs.
Another member of THG’s group,
Aluprof USA, LLC, will also use the
building for light manufacturing.
Imported aluminum and glass curtain
wall pieces will be infused with silicon
and extrusion to assemble residential and
commercial systems. Conefrey said all
components will be pre-made and there
will be no large-scale manufacturing of
raw materials, furnaces or emissions.
A small portion of the building will
be used as a showroom for Aluprof’s
products, which include pre-assembled
glazed curtain wall systems for the
commercial and residential industry.
Construction started early this spring
and is expected to be complete within 12
months, Conefrey said. The project is
located across the street from Shop Rite.
The building will be constructed of
high-end brick with a curtain wall façade.
The majority of the building will
be for warehouse and storage, taking
up approximately 42,00 square feet,
according to planning board documents.
The light assembly component will be
30,000 square feet and the showroom will
be 3,000 square feet.
The applicant estimates the project
will generate approximately 44 trips per
day, with 20 employees and two or three
truck trips per day, according to planning
board documents.
- Laura Fitzgerald
Residents Protecting Montgomery favors ‘smart growth’
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the group as they spoke of the projects
they see as threatening their town.
“Amazon and Medline are oversized
and they’re out of character for the Town
of Montgomery,” Tipton said. “They’re
going to be the largest warehouses in
Orange County, and we recognize that
our town infrastructure and the county
infrastructure is not equipped to support
them.”
Tipton said for now, the group will
review the Draft Impact Environmental
Statement (DEIS) for Medline, a proposed
1.3-million-square-foot warehouse just
outside Village of Montgomery limits.
The Town of Montgomery planning board
will hold a public hearing for the DEIS on
Aug. 13.
“We want to make sure that people have
the opportunity and the understanding to
comment on that document and to engage
with the State Environmental Quality
Review process,” Tipton said.
The group will host meetings so
residents may review documents together
and bring up their concerns.
The group will also set its sights on the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for Project Sailfish—a one-million-
square-foot Amazon warehouse—when
the document is released.
The group proposed a moratorium
on new development in the town. RPM
created a petition on their Facebook page
for a “moratorium on mega warehouses
in Montgomery, NY” with 56 signatures
as of July 22.
The group is grassroots at its most
basic, an assembly of residents who
decided to get together around a common
cause in their community. Tipton said she
wants to bring more residents to the table
because the projects currently before the
planning board are not final.
“These projects aren’t final projects.
They’re not done deals, and that’s a
really common misconception when
we’re talking to our neighbors,” Tipton
said. “That’s one of the reasons we want
to bring more people to the table. By
having more voices in the room where
the decisions are being made, I hope that
people feel a little bit more empowered
and energized to take action about these
projects while the town is concurrently
figuring out their zoning and their
comprehensive plan.”
Those interested may contact the group
at [email protected]
or visit “No Medline in Montgomery” on
Facebook.