Friday, December 02, 2005

about $1 million a year

ChesterC&S revives plans for new warehouse C&S Wholesale Grocers is renewing plans to build a 90-foot-tall warehouse in the Chester Industrial Park just over a month after it pulled out of the venture, former Chester Mayor Joseph Battiato said. He said he negotiated a deal to bring the wholesaler back on track to build the 373,547-square-foot refrigerated warehouse next to C&S's existing warehouse. C&S pulled out of the planning process in October. Critics feared the building would block their mountain views, use too much water and create traffic. Battiato said the Town of Chester's concerns were addressed by C&S officials, but the village would not budge on traffic and road maintenance issues. The building would straddle the village-town line, requiring approval from both municipalities. Battiato said he stepped in to protect the potential tax revenue to be generated from the new building – estimated at about $1 million a year. Battiato said he mediated a deal in which village officials agreed to speed up their review of C&S's plans in return for the company's commitment of more than $100,000 to village water and risk management funds

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