Yonkers Deputy Mayor Phil Amicone noted that across the street from the Larkin Center property, the Yonkers train station is undergoing a $35 million rehabilitation program by Metro-North. He rattled off a host of multi-million dollar projects that are in progress or are close to breaking ground in the downtown area. He noted that later this month a groundbreaking ceremony is planned for the first speculative office building in some time in Westchester County -- "Station Plaza," a 70,000-sf property that will be built nearby the Larkin Plaza property. Nearby, work on a 600-car parking garage is nearly finished.

Other major ventures underway or in the works in the downtown/waterfront district include: a $57 million rental housing development being built by Collins Enterprises of Stamford, CT., which is scheduled to be completed by August 2003 and the redevelopment of the historic Trolley Barn property into retail and living lofts space which is expected to get started soon. In addition, the city has recently completed construction on the Yonkers City Esplanade, a multi-million dollar waterfront public park.

The city had been attempting to build a new main branch for the Yonkers Public Library for more than two decades. City officials noted that the main library has been in "temporary" quarters for 21 years in the Getty Square section of the city.