Shortly thereafter, Merlin, with the assistance from Orange County economic development officials, secured a site in the Town of Goshen and the firm is currently working toward final approval of its Final Environmental Impact Statement on the project located off Route 17.

In 2006 a site plan was approved to construct a 500-unit, age-restricted community with single-family residences, townhouses and condominium flats, along with recreation facilities and nearly 25,000 square feet of neighborhood retail on the Letchworth Village site. Although these approvals are still in place, the town has said that it understands the current needs of the development community and will work with developers to maximize the site's potential, Cushman officials state. FEIS and SEQRA approvals have previously been completed for Letchworth Village, potentially saving the developer millions of dollars in engineering and review costs, they add.

“Municipal officials are enthusiastic about the potential of this property and open to working with developers to explore a variety of future uses,” says Cushman & Wakefield's Brian Whitmer, who is heading the assignment with Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group team members Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Les Smith and Ryan Dowd.

“The offering represents a rare and distinctive opportunity to acquire a contiguous critical mass of land for development in the Greater New York Metropolitan area,” Whitmer notes. “The location truly is unmatched.”

The Letchworth Village site is located between two championship golf courses (Philip J. Rotella Municipal Golf Course and Stony Point's Patriot Hills Golf Course), with local shopping that includes ShopRite, CVS, New York Sports Club and other major national retailers . The site is also near the Haverstraw Marina, one of the largest marinas on the East Coast, offering 60 acres, 1,000 slips and waterfront dining.

HAVERSTRAW, NY—A site once considered for a $500-million Legoland theme park on property near the Palisades Parkway in the Town of Haverstraw, has been put back on the market for sale.

The 173-acre Letchworth Village development parcel, which is owned by the Town of Haverstraw in Rockland County, is being marketed for sale by Cushman & Wakefield's Capital Markets Group.

Developer Merlin Entertainment Groups U.S., LLC had considered the Letchworth Village site for a major theme park in 2015 and had even secured some incentives from New York State's Empire State Development before backing out of the project that called for a theme park, waterpark and a hotel at the site.

After the Letchworth Village Legoland project, which had not been officially presented to the village, drew some local criticism the Town Board and Town Supervisor Howard Phillips released a statement in October 2015 that the village would no longer consider the project. The shunning of the project drew some intense criticism from the business community in Rockland County at the time.

Shortly thereafter, Merlin, with the assistance from Orange County economic development officials, secured a site in the Town of Goshen and the firm is currently working toward final approval of its Final Environmental Impact Statement on the project located off Route 17.

In 2006 a site plan was approved to construct a 500-unit, age-restricted community with single-family residences, townhouses and condominium flats, along with recreation facilities and nearly 25,000 square feet of neighborhood retail on the Letchworth Village site. Although these approvals are still in place, the town has said that it understands the current needs of the development community and will work with developers to maximize the site's potential, Cushman officials state. FEIS and SEQRA approvals have previously been completed for Letchworth Village, potentially saving the developer millions of dollars in engineering and review costs, they add.

“Municipal officials are enthusiastic about the potential of this property and open to working with developers to explore a variety of future uses,” says Cushman & Wakefield's Brian Whitmer, who is heading the assignment with Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group team members Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Les Smith and Ryan Dowd.

“The offering represents a rare and distinctive opportunity to acquire a contiguous critical mass of land for development in the Greater New York Metropolitan area,” Whitmer notes. “The location truly is unmatched.”

The Letchworth Village site is located between two championship golf courses (Philip J. Rotella Municipal Golf Course and Stony Point's Patriot Hills Golf Course), with local shopping that includes ShopRite, CVS, New York Sports Club and other major national retailers . The site is also near the Haverstraw Marina, one of the largest marinas on the East Coast, offering 60 acres, 1,000 slips and waterfront dining.