Developer Martin Ginsburg and Ginsburg Development Cos. joined with state and local officials to unveil the final piece of the developer”™s $65 million Harbor Square project in Ossining.
3 Westerly Bar & Grill, an eatery next to Ginsburg Development”™s 188-unit luxury apartment complex on the Ossining waterfront, held a ceremonial ribbon cutting to unveil the restaurant at 3 Westerly Road on June 2.
The nautical-themed restaurant offers views of the Hudson River and features a main dining area that can seat up to 100 guests, along with a bar and a number of large-screen televisions. An outdoor seating area includes a full bar, sofas and arm chairs under a trellis ceiling. Menu options range from brick oven pizza and burgers to seafood.
The 300-seat eatery is operated by Jeremy Casilli, a restaurateur whose other venues include AOA Bar and Grill in Tribeca, Pier 115 Bar & Grill in Edgewater, New Jersey and the Soho and Tribeca Grand Hotels.
“The main ingredient in this whole project is fun. There hasn”™t been much going on north of the Tappan Zee Bridge,” said Casilli, adding that he and Ginsburg Development have “worked diligently to create a universal hub for all types of guests.”
The transit-oriented development is just steps from the Ossining stop of Metro-North Railroad”™s Hudson Line. Speaking above the noise of trains passing by, Ginsburg said he believes Ossining has the potential to becoming a true destination along the Hudson River.
“Ossining has the ingredients for that,” he said. “What we tried to create here is a strong start in that direction.”
The mixed-use residential community, which is on a 4½-acre former industrial site, is also home to a public park and riverfront promenade.
Ginsburg Development has been involved in the waterfront project for more than a decade. The company joined Westchester developer Louis Cappelli and Cappelli Enterprises Inc. in 2006 with plans to build a luxury condominium development. However, the project came to a standstill in the credit market crisis and Great Recession. Cappelli later withdrew from the project, which Ginsburg revived in 2012 as a rental development.
Having held its grand opening in June 2016, Harbor Square is now 90 percent leased, according to Ginsburg Development. The building, features one- and two-bedroom apartments along with a top-floor club lounge, fitness center, spa, rooftop pool and sundeck.
Elsewhere in Westchester, Ginsburg Development is planning to break ground later this month at Fort Hill, a $64.5 million mixed-use development in Peekskill. The company recently cut the ribbon at the $110 million, 330-unit River Tides at Greystone complex in Yonkers. In September, Ginsburg opened The Lofts on Saw Mill River, a $35 million, 66-unit apartment complex on Route 9A in Hastings-on-Hudson.
