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Vacant 400,000-SF Plant Eyed for Movie/TV Studio or Stadium

YONKERS-A former wire and cable manufacturing plant on the Hudson River shoreline here could eventually be another major television and movie production site in the New York Metro area, GlobeSt.com has learned.

By John Jordan | Updated on May 30, 2001

YONKERS-The former BICC Cables plant at 1 Point St. on the shores of the Hudson River may eventually be a mecca for movie and television production. Then again, it might be the site for a minor league baseball stadium. However, before any development plans can be mapped out, the property’s potential environmental problems need to be addressed, GlobeSt.com has learned.

Troy McCombs, a spokesman for BICC Cables, says the company is considering a host of possible development scenarios for its 28.9-acre parcel at 1 Point St. The property is the site of the 400,000 sf manufacturing facility BICC operated from 1984 until its closure in 1996. A total of 15 acres of the property is upland, while the remainder jets out into the Hudson River, McCombs notes. BICC Cables, at one time the third largest wire and cable manufacturer worldwide, sold all its cable and wire operations to General Cable of Cincinnati in May 1999. The Yonkers property was not part of the sale.

While the company has been holding talks with city officials, including Yonkers Mayor John Spencer and Director of Economic Development and Special Assistant to the Mayor Edward Sheeran about its plans for the site, the company is working to assess potential environmental contaminants at the site. McCombs relates that BICC recently won approval of its remedial investigation feasibility study from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The company hopes to complete its feasibility study by August 2002, pending state DEC approval, to determine what if any contaminants may be at the site. BICC was the fourth owner of the property since the manufacturing plant was built in the 1800s.

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