Sports Authority to replace Syms in Elmsford

The Sports Authority Inc. will open a new retail location at the site of the former Syms clothing store on Route 119 in Elmsford, town of Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner announced over the weekend.

The building, located across from the Greenburgh Library, has been vacant since early 2012 after Secaucus, N.J.-based Syms Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last November.

Feiner said in a Sept. 15 email to constituents that Sports Authority went through the town approvals process last week and is “ready to go.”

Sports Authority currently has stores in White Plains, Yonkers and West Nyack.

In late August, a U.S. bankruptcy judge signed off on a confirmation order approving Syms’ and subsidiary Filene’s Basement L.L.C.’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan.

Syms had previously acquired Filene’s in a June 2009 bankruptcy auction.