Vote expected on GM site project

A vote by the Sleepy Hollow village board to issue a special permit to build on the site of the former General Motors plant in the village may take place Dec. 18.

GM and the developer of the site, Roseland Properties L.L.C. of Short Hills, N.J., in 2003 proposed a mixed-use waterfront project called Lighthouse Landing consisting of 1,562 residential units; 185,000 square feet of retail space; 95,000 square feet of office space; and a150-room hotel.

In 2006, Roseland-GM submitted a Final Environmental Impact Statement that proposed 1,250 residential units; 132,000 square feet of retail space; and 35,000 square feet of office space.

Earlier this month, GM filed a notice of claim, which is the precursor of a lawsuit, against the village saying it unnecessarily reduced the size of the project to 1,177 residential units (first reported in the Business Journal Dec. 10).

The neighboring village of Tarrytown also filed a suit against Sleepy Hollow that seeks to reduce the size of the project in order to mitigate the traffic impact on Tarrytown. Tarrytown would like to see the number of residential units cut in half, according to that lawsuit.