WIHD would move to vacant Greenburgh office building

The Greenburgh Town Board is being asked to issue a special permit so that a vacant office building can be put to use housing the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD), a nonprofit that provides medical clinic and other services. The building is at 80 Grasslands Road. Lewiston Realty Holdings LLC and Lewiston Holdings LLC own both 80 Grasslands Road and 100 Grasslands Road.

“The property was originally part of a three parcel comprehensive development plan known as Heritage Corporate Park,” according to Janet Giris of the White Plains-based law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP. “The property is located on the south side of Grasslands Road, just east of the intersection of Grasslands Road and Saw Mill River Road.”

The owner is asking for a special permit that would allow “medical clinic” uses. If the permit is granted, it would lease the first and second floors of 80 Grasslands Road to WIHD, which currently is headquartered in Valhalla and would relocate to Greenburgh.

There would be 29,072 square feet devoted to clinic space and 29,593 square feet devoted to office space.

“WIHD was established in 1950 and has been operating in Westchester County since 1972 as a key regional resource that provides a wide range of medical, dental, clinical and social services to individuals with disabilities, vulnerable children, families and professionals,” Giris said. “WIHD provides direct services for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and their families, including, primary health care, specialty health care, dental services, speech and hearing, assistive technology, behavioral health, service brokerage, and early intervention service coordination. In addition, WIHD serves as the Children’s Advocacy Center for Westchester County and provides therapeutic, educational and medical services to children in foster care.”