Queensbury’s Native Park Expansion
Native Development Associates will invest about $14 million to expand their existing Native Park off Exit 18 in Queensbury from from 117,000 square feet of warehouse and industrial space to 277,000 square feet, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. An expansion of one building and construction of two more on the 33.37 acre park are planned over the next 18 months. A low vacancy rate and high demand make the development feasible, the story says.
BBL Hospitality focuses on hotel-restaurant in tandem
BBL Hospitality, which builds and operates a variety of commercial spaces including hotels and restaurants, has shifted focus during the pandemic to hotels and restaurants together. Specifically its Recovery Sports Grills on their hotel properties are getting the focus. The Rotterdam restaurant, which closed during the pandemic, has actually become a medical office, developed by BBL’s medical arm, in the process, a story in the Albany Business Journal says.
4th Judicial District draws competitive race
Warren and Schenectady counties have two judges apiece serving the state’s 4th Supreme Court judicial district which includes 11 counties. Republicans in the North Country say it’s time to get an Essex County judge back in the chambers of that county’s courthouse. They have nominated Allison McGahay, a lawyer from Lake Placid. She is part of a field of four, and the voters will elect two judges to 14-year terms this fall, with the highest vote-getters winning the two seats, a story in the Post-Star says.
Diving for dollars, and snowmobiles
John Sullivan and his team is part of a small cadre of companies that dive through the ice and haul from a lake bottom anything from a diamond ring or snowmobile to a tug boat, a story in the Adirondack Explorer says. It’s risky, but it pays. Considering that a fine from the DEC may run $37,500 a day, people will pay, a story in the Adirondack Journal says.
FOIL requests to be made easier, Gov says
Under a plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul, requests for public documents that had been sent to the former governor for review will no longer be sent to her office, and many of the documents that the press corp and citizens regularly request will be posted on a webpage for easier access, says a story in the Times Union. It is not all sun and roses, as the Hochul administration has still withheld some documents, especially around nursing home data and police activity, but elsewhere, the Freedom of Information Law requests are moving more quickly.